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City of London 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1927 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1922 | 13,363 | 360 | 148 | 1l.l | 809 | 60.54 | 719 | 98 | 9 | 61 | 188 | 14.1 |
| 1923 | 13,480 | 381 | 111 | 8.2 | 714 | 52.96 | 641 | 82 | 9 | 81 | 155 | 11.5 |
| 1924 | 13,330 | 413 | 94 | 7.1 | 719 | 53.93 | 656 | 88 | 11 | 117 | 151 | 11.3 |
| 1925 | 13,340 | 360 | 100 | 7.5 | 705 | 52.92 | 633 | 84 | 6 | 60 | 156 | 11.7 |
| 1926 | 13,230 | 383 | 106 | 7.1 | 703 | 53.14 | 644 | 79 | 7 | 66 | 138 | 10.4 |
| 1927 | 13,010 | 417 | 114 | 8.7 | 762 | 58.51 | 688 | 76 | 12 | 105 | 150 | 11.5 |
Area of City of London in acres Total poputltion at all ages 13.706 At census 1921.
(land and inland water) 661 Number of inhabited houses 2,922
Average number of persons per house 4.6
Vaccination.—Of the 421 births notified to the Vaccination Officer during 1927, 109 had
been successfully vaccinated by the end of the year, 20 had died before the age for vaccination.
Vaccination was postponed by medical certificate in no cases, 189 had removed into
other districts, or the vaccinations were pending at the end of the year. There were 103
instances of conscientious objection. The Public Vaccinator performed 87 re.vaccinations
during the year, and in addition to the 109 successful vaccinations referred to above, 7
adult persons were vaccinated for the first time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 365 | |||||||
| 1923 | 387 | 26.4 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 55.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 1924 | 418 | 27.3 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 05 | 50.3 | 18.4 | |
| 1925 | 330 | 26.9 | Nil. | 4.3 | 1.8 | 43.4 | 23.6 | |
| 1926 | 390 | 26.4 | M | 4.6 | — | 49.2 | 19.7 | |
| 378 | 26.9 | 0.04 | »> | 4.5 | 0.8 | 494 | 18.4 | |
| 1927 | 421 | 25.9 | — | 4.7 | — | 44.9 | 24.5 |
INFANT WELFARE WORK.
No new work has been undertaken in connection with Infant Welfare Work, as it is
found that the needs of the City are amply filled by the arrangements already in operation.
The small resident population of the City and the consequent few births enables a close
personal touch to be maintained between my staff and the City mothers.
The Infant Welfare Centre administered by the Corporation at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital has had a satisfactory attendance at the weekly Wednesday session, and supplies
of milk and dried milk, at cost price, under cost price, and free, according to circumstances,