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City of London 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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For statistical purposes, in the following pages the "Registration" District
is referred to when speaking of the "City."
This consists of 114 "civil parishes," divided into three sub-districts, as
under, viz.:—
*St. Botolph including 17 parishes.
Allhallows Barking „ 85 „
†St. Sepulchre „ 12 „

Table: The populations of the above at the middle of 1902, calculated on the last Census Returns, were:—

The populations of the above at the middle of 1902, calculated on the last Census Returns, were:—

St. Botolph10,461
Allhallows Barking8,525
St. Sepulchre7,560
Total.26,546

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The Night population, therefore, of the City of London Registration District
at the middle of 1902, is taken at 26,546, and it is upon this figure that
all vital statistics in this Report have been calculated.
The Day population at the middle of 1902 was estimated at 359,940.
A Day Census taken in May, 1891, proved that 1,186,000 persons and
92,000 vehicles entered and left the City on the day the counting was made.
BIRTHS.
During the year 1902, 339 births were registered in the City. The annual
birth rate was at the rate of 12.7 per 1,000 persons of all ages, compared with
a quinquennial mean rate of 15.1 per 1,000. The birth rates last year in the
Sub-Districts were—
St. Botolph 16.6 per 1,000
Allhallows 7.7 „
St. Sepulchre 13.1 „
In the Metropolis the birth rate in ‡1901 was 29.0 per 1,000, being the
lowest hitherto recorded therein, the revised rate for 1900 having been 29.2.
This decline in the birth rate has been in operation since 1871 or 1872,
and is common to nearly all European countries.
* At the date of the last Census, this District included the "civil parish" of Glasshouse Yard. The parish
was transferred to the Holborn Union by the Local Government Board Order, No 43156, which came into
operation on 29th September, 1901, and to the Registration District of Holborn (Finsbury Sub-District) on
1st January, 1902, making the Registration District of London City co-extensive with the Municipal City of
London. All the Registration Districts in London are co-extensive with the Poor Law Parishes or Unions
except the District of Fulham.
† On the 1st April, 1901, the Middle Temple was transferred from the Strand Sub-District to St. Sepulchre
Sub-District.
‡ The figures for the Metropolis for 1902 are not yet published.