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City of London 1922

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

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Table: The following table shows the progressive decline which has taken place since 1861 in the number of inhabitants who reside within the City boundaries, and the progressive increase in the number of workers who are daily employed in the City :—

The following table shows the progressive decline which has taken place since 1861 in the number of inhabitants who reside within the City boundaries, and the progressive increase in the number of workers who are daily employed in the City :—

Year.Imperial Census. Night Population.City Census. Day Population
1861112,063—
1866—170,133
187175,983—
188151,405261,061
189137,705301,384
190126,923—
191119,657364,061
192113,706—

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There is only one registration district in the City.
The estimated population of the City for the year 1922 is 13,363.
The day Census taken in 1911 showed that the day population was 364,061
persons, and also that 1,077,155 persons and 94,095 vehicles entered and left the
City on the day the count was taken.
BIRTHS.
During the year 1922, 360 births were registered in the City, 240 of which
however, did not belong thereto. To the remaining 120 must be added the births
of 28 children born to citizens temporarily residing outside the City boundary.
The number of births, therefore, on which the rate should be calculated is 148.
The annual birth rate was 11.1 per 1,000 persons of all ages, compared with a
quinquennial mean rate of 9.8 per 1,000. In the Metropolis the birth rate in 1922
was 21.0 per 1,000.
MORTALITY.
During the year under review, 809 deaths were registered in the District,
including 719 persons dying in the City, but not belonging thereto. See Table,
p. 9, for details. Deducting these latter, 90 deaths remain, to which must be
added those of 98 persons who died in Institutions in outside districts, where they
were registered; the total, therefore, on which the City death rate is calculated is
188. The death rate for 1922 was 14T per 1,000 per annum of the population (the
previous year being 11.5), whilst that for the whole of the Metropolis was 13.4.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.—Of the City deaths, 3.2 per cent, were caused
by injuries or violence, as compared with 7.8 in 1920 and 5.7 in 1921. This is 3.7
below the average for the previous five years.
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
Year. City of London. Metropolis.
Per cent. Per cent.
1917 6.2 5.9
1918 4.2 5.6
1919 10.4 5.7
1920 7.8 4.7
1921 5.7 4.2
Average previous five years 6.9 5.2
1922 3.2 3 .3
DEATH RATES, PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.
105 Great Towns
Year. City of London. of England and Metropolis.
Wales.
1917 156 14.6 15.0
1918 20.9 18.2 18.9
1919 14.4 13.8 13.4
1920 15.6 12.5 12.6
1921 11.5 12.3 12.4
Average previous five years 156 143 14.5
1922 14 .1 13.0 13.4
The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was 0.59
compared with 1.14 in the Metropolis.
The deaths from Phthisis correspond to a rate of 14 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with 1.04 in the Metropolis.