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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1901.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen commons
of the Corporation of London.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present herewith a Report for 1901, giving
details of work carried out in my Department.
area.
The City of London Registration District comprises an area of 672.1 acres
(excluding tidal water and foreshore), or 1.05 miles, equal to a square of
1.0247 miles to a side.
The area of "Registration London" is 74,672 acres (excluding tidal water
and foreshore), or 116.7 square miles, equal to a square of 10.8 miles to a side.
density (1901).
City of London, Registration District, at night 40.8 persons to an acre.
„ „ „ „ during the day 519.6 „ „
Registration London, at night 60.8 „ „
„ „ during the day not known. No Imperial Day Census has yet
been taken.
annual rateable value.
The assessed rateable annual value of property within the administrative
county of London was £39,779,956 in 1901—whilst the corresponding
rateable value of property in the City of London, including Temples, was
£4,864,543 in 1901, or nearly one-eighth of the whole County.
population.
The undermentioned figures are abstracted from the Preliminary Report—
Census of England and Wales, 1901.
The "City of London" may mean either of the following:—
Parliamentary Borough.
Municipal City.
Registration District.