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City of London 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1929 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Year. | Poputation 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 int 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 |
| 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 |
| 1928 | 11,430 | 427 | 82 | 7.2 | 735 | 64.30 | 665 | 70 | 5 | 60 | 140 | 12.2 |
| Average previous 5 years | 12,868 | 400 | 99 | 7.5 | 725 | 56.56 | 657 | 79 | 8 | 81 | 147 | 11.4 |
| 1929 | 10,700 | 424 | 80 | 7.4 | 721 | 67.38 | 657 | 86 | 5 | 62 | 150 | 14.0 |
Area of City of London in acres
(land and inland water) 661
Total population at all ages 13,706
Number of inhabited houses 2,922
Average number of persons per house 4.6
At Census
1921.
Vaccination.—Of the 427 births notified to the Vaccination Officer during 1929, 109 had
been successfully vaccinated by the end of the year, 12 had died before the age for vaccination.
Vaccination was postponed by medical certificate in 3 cases, 172 had removed into
other districts, or the vaccinations were pending at the end of the year. There were 131
instances of conscientious objection. The Public Vaccinator performed 2,520 re-vaccinations
during the year, and in addition to the 109 successful vaccinations referred to above, 433
adult persons were vaccinated for the first time.
VACCINATION STATISTICS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
| Year. | Number of Births notified to Vaccina-tion Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insus-ceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Consci-entious objec-tions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 418 | |||||||
| 1925 | 330 | 26.9 | Nil. | „ | 4.3 | 1.8 | 43.4 | 23.6 |
| 1926 | 390 | 26.4 | „ | „ | 4.6 | Nil. | 49.2 | 19.7 |
| 1927 | 421 | 25.9 | „ | „ | 4.7 | „ | 44.9 | 24.5 |
| 1928 | 432 | 31.1 | „ | „ | 4.4 | „ | 38.4 | 26.1 |
| Average previous 5 years. | 398 | 27.5 | 0.04 | „ | 4.3 | 0.5 | 45.2 | 22.5 |
| 1929 | 427 | 25.5 | Nil. | „ | 2.8 | 0.8 | 40.2 | 30.7 |