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City of London 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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VACCINATION.
Of the 341 births notified to the Vaccination Officers during 1921, 67 had been
successfully vaccinated by the end of the year, 32 had died before the age for
vaccination, and in no case was a child reported as insusceptible. Vaccination was
postponed by medical certificate in 2 cases, 170 had removed into other districts,
or the vaccinations were pending at the end of the year. There were 70 instances
of conscientious objection. The Public Vaccinators performed 4 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | ||
| 1916 | 415 | 29.6 | 0.20 | Nil. | 8.2 | 0.5 | 45.6 | 15.9 |
| 1917 | 254 | 39.3 | Nil. | 5.9 | 0.8 | 37.1 | 16.9 | |
| 1918 | 312 | 22.7 | ,, | 10.5 | 0.7 | 54. 5 | 11.6 | |
| 1919 | 460 | 23.7 | ,, | 10.0 | 0.7 | 50.6 | 15.0 | |
| 1920 | 471 | 31.4 | Nil. | ,, | 4.6 | 1.2 | 42.2 | 20.3 |
| Average previous 5 years. | 382 | 29.3 | 0.04 | 7.8 | 0.7 | 46.0 | 15.9 | |
| 1921 | 341 | 19.6 | Nil. | 9.4 | 0.6 | 49.9 | 20.5 |
VITAL STATISTICS.
In the subjoined table comparisons are made between the vital statistics as
recorded in the City of London and those recorded in the Metropolis for the year
1921 and the previous five years. No reliable conclusions can be drawn from these
comparisons, and thev are inserted merely as matters of interest.
CITY OF LONDON COMPARED WITH THE METROPOLIS FOR THE YEAR 1921
AND THE 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. | |
| 1916 | 15,531 | 372,750 | 8.1 | 21.6 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 128 | 89 | 9.9 | 4.0 | 0.13 | 0.94 |
| 1917 | 14,720 | 374,459 | 7.9 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 69 | 103 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 0.24 | 1.02 |
| 1918 | 13,900 | 376,186 | 73 | 16.1 | 20.9 | 18.9 | 148 | 107 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 0.50 | 1.31 |
| 1919 | 13,893 | 377,931 | 9.6 | 18.3 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 108 | 85 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 0.29 | 2.37 |
| 1920 | 12,200 | 379,694 | 14.9 | 26.4 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 66 | 76 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 0.49 | 1.45 |
| Average previous 5 years. | 14,049 | 376,204 | 9.6 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 104 | 92 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 0.33 | 1.42 |
| 1921 | 13,706 | 381,083 | 9.4 | 22.3 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 93 | 80 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 0.22 | 0.14 |
From the table appended it will be noticed that the death rate for 1921 was
1T5 per 1,000 compared with 124 for the Metropolis as a whole.