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City of London 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1928 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. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1923 | 13,480 | 381 | 11l | 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 |
| Average previous 5 years | 13,278 | 391 | 105 | 7.7 | 721 | 54.29 | 652 | 82 | 9 | 86 | 150 | 11.3 |
| 1928 | 11,430 | 427 | 82 | 7.2 | 735 | 64.30 | 665 | 70 | 5 | 60 | 140 | 12.2 |
Area of City of London in acres
(land and inland water) 661
Total population at all ages
Number of inhabited houses
Average number of persons per house
13,706
2,922
4.6
At Census
1921.
Vaccination.—Of the 432 births notified to the Vaccination Officer during 1928, 134 had
been successfully vaccinated by the end of the year, 19 had died before the age for vaccination.
Vaccination was postponed by medical certificate in no cases, 166 had removed into
other districts, or the vaccinations were pending at the end of the year. There were 113
instances of conscientious objection. The Public Vaccinator performed 13 re-vaccinations
during the year, and in addition to the 134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | |
| 387 | 26.4 | Nil. | Nil. | 4.4 | 1.1 | 55.5 | 12.6 | |
| 1924 | 418 | 27.3 | 0.2 | „ | 3.3 | 0.5 | 50.3 | 18.4 |
| 1925 | 330 | 26.9 | Nil. | „ | 4.3 | 1.8 | 43.4 | 23.6 |
| 1926 | 390 | 26.4 | „ | „ | 4.6 | — | 49.2 | 19.7 |
| 1927 | 421 | 25.9 | „ | „ | 4.7 | — | 44.9 | 24.5 |
| Average previous 5 years. | 389 | 26.6 | 0.04 | „ | 4.3 | 0.7 | 48.7 | 20.0 |
| 1928 | 432 | 31.1 | Nil. | Nil. | 4.4 | Nil. | 38.4 | 26.1 |