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Births.—During the year 1927, 417 births were registered in the City, 355 of which,
however, did not belong thereto. To the remaining 62 must be added the births of 52
children born to citizens temporarily residing outside the City boundary.
The number of births, therefore, on which the rate should be calculated is 114. The
annual birth.rate was 8 .7 per 1,000 persons of all ages, compared with a quinquennial mean
rate of 7 .8 per 1,000. In the Metropolis the birth.rate in 1927 was 16 .1 per 1,000.
Mortality.—During the year under review, 762 deaths were registered in the District,
including 688 persons dying in the City, but not belonging thereto. See table, p. 9, for
details. Deducting these latter, 74 deaths remain, to which must be added those of 76
persons who died in institutions in outside districts, where they were registered ; the total,
therefore, on which the City death.rate is calculated is 150. The death.rate for 1927 was
11.5 per 1,000 per annum of the population (the previous year being 10 .4), whilst that for
the whole of the Metropolis was 11 .9.
Deaths from Violence.—Of the City deaths, 2.7 per cent, were caused by injuries or
violence, as compared with 4.4 in 1925 and 7.2 in 1926. This is 2.5 below the average for
the previous five years.
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
Year. City of London. Metropolis.
Per cent. Per cent.
1922 3.2 3.3
1923 5.8 4.5
1924 5.3 4.4
1925 4.4 4.6
1926 7.2 4.8
Average previous five years 5.2 4.3
1927 2.7 5.1
DEATH RATES, PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.
107 Great Towns
Year. City of London. of England and Metropolis.
Wales.
1922 14 1 13 0 13.4
1923 11.5 11.6 11.2
1924 11.3 12.3 12.1
1925 11.7 12.2 11.7
1926 10.4 11.6 11.6
Average previous five years 11.8 12.1 .... .... 12.0
1927 11.5 12.2 11.9
The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was 0 .23 compared
with 0 27 in the Metropolis.
The deaths from Phthisis correspond to a rate of 0 92 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with 0 91 in the Metropolis.
Infantile Mortality.—The deaths of children under one year of age were at the rate of
105 per 1,000 births, as against 59 for the whole of London.