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City of London 1902

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

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Table: Table I.(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.) Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1902 and Previous Years.Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.

Table I.(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.) Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1902 and Previous Years.Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Tear.Births.TotalDeaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
Number.Rate.*Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
N umber.Rate.*
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
189434,83152014.98215799328.557056216960017.2
189533,82355216.3811471,05731.262962718961918.3
189031,41253417.0721331,06633.967767216455817.8
189730,24549116.2581181,04634.661560814658419.3
189829,12146816.15511895732.962061513247416.3
189928,03941614.8561351,01136.064964214951818.5
190026,99840314.97217998736.662560914652419.4
190127,41137713.76016097435.564463311545616.6
Averages for years 1894-190129,30747016.0671431,01134.563661815453917.9
190226,54633912.74212491034.364361013643616.4

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* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered
during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths
included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number
in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of
sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is
meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and
have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of City of London Registration
District in acres (exclusive of
area covered by water) 678.3
Total population at all ages 27,664
Number of inhabited houses 3,934
Average number of persons per house 7.03
At Census of
1901.