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THE
SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
CITY OF LONDON,
THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
FOR THE YEAR 1862-63.
To the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers
of the City of London.
Gentlemen,
In the course of the last year there were 2,962
births, 2,870 deaths, and 1,701 marriages registered
in the City of London. Each of these numbers is
below the average for the last ten years. The
births have declined from an annual proportion of
3,350 to 2,962; the deaths from 2,969 to 2,870;
and the marriages from 1,712 to 1,701. I need
scarcely tell you that the falling off in these numbers
has been chiefly in the central division of the
City, where the deaths have been reduced to
the extent of 4 per cent. of the annual proportion,