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City of London 1902

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

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Public Health Department of Borough Councils, so that all questions
relating to Public Health can be dealt with by one Authority.
(2.) That a copy of the foregoing Resolution be sent to the Local
Government Board, the Metropolitan Boards of Guardians, and the
Metropolitan Borough Councils.
These recommendations were agreed to by the Sanitary Committee at the
February Meeting, and subsequently approved by the Court of Common
Council.
MORTALITY.
During the year under review, 910 deaths were registered in the District,
including *610 persons dying in the City, but not belonging thereto. See
Table I. for details.
Deducting the latter we have to deal with 300 deaths, to which we must
add 136 persons who died at City Institutions in outside districts, where they
were registered. The mortality, therefore, upon which our death rate is
calculated is 436.
The death rate for 1902 was 16.4 per 1,000 per annum of the population
(the previous year being 16.6), whilst that for the whole of the Metropolis
for 1902 was 17.2. These figures are not corrected for sex and age
distribution.

Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.

Year.City oE London.33 Great Towns of England and Wales.Metropolis.
189719.319.118.2
189816.319.018.7
189918.520.219.8
190019.419.518.8
190116.618.617.1
Average previous five years18.019.318.5
190216.417.2

In comparing the above with the Registrar-General's Returns, some
discrepancies will be observed, due to the fact that I have not been
* Most of these deaths occurred in St. Bartholomew's Hospital.