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annual report of
the medical officer of health
for the year 1927.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the Corporation of London.
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, E.C.
22nd March, 1928.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
As Acting Medical Officer of Health for the City of London, I have the honour to
present the Report on the work of the Department for the year 1927. Dr. Howarth's
ill-health and resignation are to me a matter of the deepest regret, the more particularly
that in other circumstances, in this Report he would, as it were, have sealed the work of
the rehousing scheme, in the inception of which he took so prominent a part.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Area.—The City of London (excluding The Temple) comprises an area of 661 acres
(excluding tidal water and foreshore), or 1 -032 square miles, equal to a square of 1 -016
miles to a side.
The area of " Registration London " is 74,817 acres (excluding tidal water and foreshore),
or 116 -9 square miles, equal to a square of 10 -81 miles to a side.
Density (1927).—City of London, Registration District, at night, 19-8 persons to an
acre; City of London, Registration District, during the day, *644-1 persons to an acre;
Registration London, at night, 60'6 persons to an acre.
Annual Rateable Value.—The rateable value of property within the administrative
county of London (including the City) was £56,200,358 on 6th April, 1927, whilst on the same
date the corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London was £8,044,594
or about one-seventh of the whole County.
The sum receivable from a penny rate is £32,894.
Population.—The undermentioned figures are extracted from the Report of the
Registrar-General on the Census of England and Wales, 1921 :—
Area, Inhabited Houses. Population.
Statute
Acres. 1911. 1921. 1911. 1921.
City of London (Not including the Temple) 661 2,784 2,398 19,657 13,709
These figures represent the population on the nights of the 3rd April, 1911, and the
19th June, 1921.
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. City Census.
Night Population. Day Population.
1861 112,063
1866 - 170,133
1871 75,983 —
1881 51,405 261,061
1891 37,705 301,384
1901 26,923 —
1911 19,657 364,061
1921 13,706 436,721 (Imperial
Census).
There is only one registration district in the City.
The estimated population of the City for the year 1927 is 13,010.
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.
* This figure refers only to persons " actively engaged in the City during the daytime," and is based upon
the Imperial Census taken in June, 1921.
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