[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ] page 16

City of London 1908

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

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Table: Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.

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Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.

Year.	City of London.	76 Great Towns of England and Wales.	Metropolis.
1903	12.0	16.2	15.7
1904	12.9	17.2	16.6
1905	13.9	15.2	15.1
1906	13.0	16.0	15.1
1907	12.7	15.4	14.6
Average previous five years	12.9	16.0	15.4
1908	12.6	15.5	14.0

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In comparing the above with the Registrar.General's Returns, some
discrepancies will be observed, due to the fact that I have not been
furnished with the number of citizens who died in Institutions other than
those with which the City is connected.
The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was .15
compared with 1.35 in the Metropolis.
Infantile Mortality.
The deaths of children under one year of age to 1,000 births were 65,
against 113 for the whole of London.
The Table of infantile mortality on p. 17 shows the deaths of children
under one year arranged according to monthly age periods. From this it
will be seen that no less than 44 per cent. of these deaths occurred in the
first month, 55 per cent. within the first three months, and 72 per cent. during
the first six months of existence.
Deaths in City Institutions.
During 1908, 56 persons died in City Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries,
or Lunatic Asylums, or no less than 23.0 per cent. of the whole City mortality,
the corresponding figure for the Metropolis (1907) being 22.3 per cent.

Table: Percentage of Deaths occurring in Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries and Lunatic Asylums to total Deaths in the City of London and the Metropolis respectively, for 1907, compared with the previous five years:

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Percentage of Deaths occurring in Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries and Lunatic Asylums to total Deaths in the City of London and the Metropolis respectively, for 1907, compared with the previous five years:

Year.	City of London.	Metropolis.
	Per cent.	Per cent
1903	30.4	21.4
1904	27.8	20.8
1905	29.4	22.4
1906	12.9	22.3
1907	37.6	24.8
Average of previous five years	27.6	22.3
1908	23.0	Figures not yet published.

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City of London 1908

Table: Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.

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Table: Percentage of Deaths occurring in Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries and Lunatic Asylums to total Deaths in the City of London and the Metropolis respectively, for 1907, compared with the previous five years: