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annual report of
the medical officer of health
for the year 1930.
To the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the Corporation of London.
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, E.C.
May, 1931.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present a report on the work of my Department for the year 1930.
It is with regret that I have to record the sudden death of Mr. G. G. King, one of the meat
inspectors engaged at Smithfield Market, who entered the service of the Corporation in 1910.
I also have to announce the retirement of Mr. W. H. Ralph, one of your sanitary inspectors,
after 32 years of faithful service. Both these officers will be missed.
Consequent upon the death of Mr. E. A. Pinchin, F.I.C., the Public Analyst, referred
to in my report for 1929, Mr. A. J. C. Lickorish, F.I.C., was appointed in April last to the
position thus rendered vacant. In this connection, I should like to place on record my
appreciation of the assistance rendered to the Department by Mr. Arthur E. Brown, B.Sc.,
F.I.C., who so ably undertook the analytical work pending the appointment of the permanent
analyst.
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 1169 square miles, equal to a square of 1081 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 £54,659,409 on April 6th, 1930, whilst on the same
date the corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London was £8,195,572,
or about one-seventh of the whole County.
The sum receivable from a penny rate is £34,682.
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 the City.
* 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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