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City of London 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Deaths from Violence.
Of the City deaths, 7.45 per cent. were caused by injuries or violence (as compared
with 7.44 in 1900), being 0'48 below the average for the previous five years.
In the City of London, the ratio of deaths from violence to deaths from
all causes, which had regularly diminished during the years 1896-7-8-9,
have shown a tendency to rise during the past two years (1900-1).
The large proportion of deaths from violence within the City as compared
with the rest of London, though striking, is easily accounted for by the
enormous concentration of vehicular traffic in crowded streets, and the greatly
increased danger resulting therefrom.
It is probably only due to the excellent management of the traffic by the
City Police that this mortality is not much larger.
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
| Year. | City of London. | Metropolis. |
|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 9.56 | 4.12 |
| 1897 | 9.07 | 4.29 |
| 1898 | 7.02 | 4.19 |
| 1899 | 6.56 | 4.19 |
| 1900 | 7.44 | 4.27 |
| Average previous five years | 7.93 | 4.21 |
| 1901 | 7.45 | Not yet published. |
| City of London. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Violent Deaths, per cent. of Deaths Registered. | Deaths from principal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average previous five years. | ||||||||||||
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