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annual report of
the medical officer of health
for the year 1928.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the Corporation of London.
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, E.C.
lst June, 1929.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of presenting my Annual Report on the work of this Department
for 1928.
On the retirement of Inspectors A. R. Hills, E. J. Simmons, and T. L. Davies, who,
in 40, 36, and 25 years of service respectively, had admirably combined the qualities of
official with those of public servant, I would express my appreciation of the services they
rendered.
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 (1928).—City of London, Registration District, at night, 17.3 persons to an
acre; City of London, Registration District, during the day, *644.1 persons to an acre;
Registration London, at night, 59 .5 persons to an acre.
Annual Rateable Value.—The rateable value of property within the administrative
county of London (including the City) was £56,945,446 on 6th April, 1928, whilst on the same
date the corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London was £8,163,691
or about one-seventh of the whole County.
The sum receivable from a penny rate is £34,201.
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. Private
Statute Families.
Acres. 1911. 1921. 1911. 1921. 1921.
City of London (Not including the Temple) 661 2,784 2,398 19,657 13,709 3,174
These figures represent the population on the nights of the 3rd April, 1911, and the
19th Tune. 1921.

There is only one registration district in the City.
The estimated population of the City for the year 1928 is 11,430.
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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