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City of London 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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For the purpose of comparison the following Table is given showing the
percentage of adulteration in England and Wales since 1877:—
Per cent.
Quinquennium 1877-81 16.2
„ 1882-86 13.9
„ 1887-91 11.7
„ 1892-96 10.6
„ 1897-1901 9.0
1900 8.8
1901 8.8
These figures are abstracted from the Annual Report of the Local
Government Board, 1901-2.
The accompanying Table has been partly compiled from the Annual Reports of the Local Government Board, to which are added some' figures for the City of London, and London as a whole:—
| Year. | Total Number of Samples Examined in England and Wales. | Number Examined in the City of London. | Percentage of Total Number Examined in City of London. | Number of Persons to each Sample examined. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales. | "City of London. | London. | ||||
| 1881 | 17,823 | 162 | .92 | 1,462 | 318 | 760 |
| 1882 | 19,439 | 197 | 1.01 | 1,350 | 252 | 732 |
| 1883 | 19,648 | 201 | 1.02 | 1,363 | 240 | 725 |
| 1884 | 22,951 | 285 | 1.24 | 1,182 | 164 | 716 |
| 1885 | 23,230 | 206 | .88 | 1,184 | 221 | 699 |
| 1886 | 23,596 | 188 | .79 | 1,181 | 235 | 672 |
| 1887 | 24,440 | 294 | 1.20 | 1,171 | 146 | 596 |
| 1888 | 26,344 | 178 | .67 | 1,086 | 235 | 551 |
| 1889 | 26,954 | 249 | .90 | 964 | 162 | 542 |
| 1890 | 27,465 | 165 | .62 | 946 | 239 | 557 |
| 1891 | 29,028 | 169 | .42 | 999 | 227 | 580 |
| 1892 | 32,447 | 123 | .38 | 894 | 303 | 573 |
| 1893 | 37,233 | 104 | .28 | 779 | 347 | 530 |
| 1894 | 39,516 | 161 | .40 | 734 | 216 | 492 |
| 1895 | 43,962 | 266 | .60 | 661 | 127 | 414 |
| 1896 | 45,555 | 212 | .47 | 636 | 148 | 399 |
| 1897 | 46,856 | 220 | .47 | 619 | 138 | 381 |
| 1898 | 49,555 | 230 | .46 | 585 | 122 | 353 |
| 1899 | 53,056 | 171 | .32 | 547 | 164 | 325 |
| 1900 | 62,858 | 145 | .23 | 461 | 186 | 312 |
| 1901 | 67,841 | 854 | 1.26 | 479 | 32 | 291 |
| 1902 | 72,321 | 1,248 | 1.72 | 450 | 21 | 252 |
| 1903 | Return not yet received. | 1,179 | - | - | 21 | - |
*The figures in this column are based on the Imperial night census, and are obviously misleading.
Unfortunately there are no accurate means of arriving at the number of persons in the City during the day time.