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annual report of
the medical officer of health
for the year 1929.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the Corporation of London.
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, E.C.
July, 1930.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of presenting my Report on the work of this Department for 1929.
I would refer to the absence, over some months, of your Veterinary Officer in Australia
and New Zealand, and recall the useful report on his close observations which he presented
on his return.
I have to regret the death, in December, 1929, of Mr. E. A. Pinchin, B.Sc., F.I.C.,
Public Analyst for the City since June, 1923; for many years previously he had assisted
the former Public Analyst, Dr. F. L. Teed, as also that of Mr. C. A. Spalding, third-class
Assistant in the Meat Inspection Department, who was of eleven years' service.
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 £57,487,536 on April 6th, 1929, whilst on the same
date the corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London was £8,333,539,
or about one-seventh of the whole County.
The sum receivable from a penny rate is £34,310.
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 June, 1921.

There is only one registration district in tne City.
The estimated population of the City for the year 1929 is 10,700.
* 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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