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City of London 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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The Public Vaccinators performed 23 re-vaccinations during the year.
Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
| Year. | Number of Births notified to Vaccination Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious objections. |
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MORTALITY.
During the year under review, 805 deaths were registered in the District, including
those of 674 persons dying in the City, but not belonging thereto. See Table, p. 18,
for details.
Deducting these latter, 131 deaths remain, to which must be added those of 153
persons who died in Institutions in outside districts, where they were registered; the
total, therefore, on which the City death-rate is calculated is 284.
The death rate for 1915 was 17’4 per 1,000 per annum of the population (the
previous year being 13.5), whilst that for the whole of the Metropolis was 16.1.
Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.
| Year. | City of London. | 96 Great Towns of England and Wales. | Metropolis. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 12.7 |
| 1911 | 10.9 | 15.5 | 15.0 |
| 1912 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 13.6 |
| 1913 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.2 |
| 1914 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 14.4 |
| Average previous five years | 12.1 | 14.5 | 14.0 |
| 1915 | 17.4 | 15.9 | 16.1 |
The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was 0.62 compared
with 1.58 in the Metropolis.
The deaths from phthisis correspond to a rate of 1.2 per thousand of the
population, as compared with 1.6 in the Metropolis,