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City of London 1910

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

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Deaths from Violence.
Of the City deaths, 5.7 per cent. were caused by injuries or violence (as
compared with 4.5 in 1908 and 5.1 in 1909), being .96 above the average
for the previous five years.

Table: Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified53...19...1...1...2......1......14
Uncertified .........................................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria including mem- branous Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms...................................................
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...1......1...............1..................
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh...................................................
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth2.........2....................................
Congenital Defects31...15....................................
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...................................................
iv. Tuber- culous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1..............................
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis........................1........................
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...................................................
Suffocation (overlying)...................................................
Other Causes...1......1...............1......1.........
53...19...1...1...2......1......14

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VITAL STATISTICS, 1910.
City of London compared with the Metropolis, previous five years.
City of London.
Birth Rate.
Death Rate.
Deaths of Children
under 1 year to
1,000 Births.
Violent Deaths, per
cent. of Deaths
Registered.
Deaths from principal
Zymotic Disease per
1,000 of the
Population.
Estimated
Night
Population
(Imperial
Census).
Estimated
Day Population
(Corporation
Census).
City.
Metropolis.
City.
Metropolis.
City
Metropolis.
City.
Metropolis.
City.
Metropolis.
1905
22,425
369,380
13.4
27.1
13.9
15.2
139
131
4.1
4.3
0.27
1.71
1906
21,368
374,730
15.9
26.5
13.0
15.1
88
131
7.2
3.9
0.28
1.93
1907
20,310
380,150
13.1
25.6
12.7
14.6
86
116
3.1
3.7
0.44
1.41
1908
19,252
385,640
14.4
25.2
12.6
13.8
65
113
4.5
4.0
0.15
1.35
1909
18,193
391,220
13.4
24.2
16.0
14.0
106
107
4.7
3.5
0.44
1.30
Average
previous
five years.
20,309
380,224
14.2
25.7
13.8
14.5
96
118
4.7
3.8
0.31
1.54
1910
17,132
*
15.3
23.9
12.1
12.7
53.4
102
5.7
4.0
0.17
1.1
*Figures not yet published.