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The population of the City, as shown by the Imperial Census for the year 1931, is 10,808.
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.
Births.—During the year 1931, 413 live births were registered in the City, 380 of which,
however, did not belong thereto. To the remaining 33 must be added the births of 28
children born to citizens temporarily residing outside the City boundary.
The number of births, therefore, on which the rate should be calculated is 61. There
were four still births. The annual birth-rate was 5.6 per 1,000 persons of all ages, compared
with a quinquennial mean rate of 7.7 per 1,000. In the Metropolis the birth-rate in
1931 was 15.0 per 1,000.
Mortality.—During the year under review, 680 deaths were registered in the District,
including 620 persons dying in the City, but not belonging thereto. See table, p. 9, for
details. Deducting these latter, 60 deaths remain, to which must be added those of 75
persons who died in outside districts, where they were registered ; the total, therefore, on
which the City death-rate is calculated is 135. The death-rate for 1931 was 12.5 per 1,000
per annum of the population (the previous year being 12.0), whilst that for the whole of
the Metropolis was 12.4.
Deaths from Violence.—Of the City deaths, 5.9 per cent. were caused by injuries or
violence, as compared with 2.7 in 1929 and 8.5 in 1930. This is 1.1 above the average for
the previous five years.
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
Year. City of London. Metropolis.
Per cent. Per cent.
1926 7.2 4.8
1927 2.7 5.1
1928 2.8 5.5
1929 2.7 5.6
1930 8.5 5.5
Average previous five years 4.8 5.3
1931 5.9 5.7
DEATH RATES, PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.
107 Great Towns
Year. City of London. of England and Metropolis.
1926 10.4 11.6 11.6
1927 11.5 12.2 11.9
192812.2 11.6 11.6
1929 14.0 13.7 13.8
1930 12.0 11.5 11.4
Average previous five years 12.0 12.1 12.0
1931 12.5.12.3 12.4
The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was 0.18.
The deaths from Phthisis correspond to a rate of 0.64 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with 0.89 in the Metropolis.
Infantile Mortality.—The deaths of children under one year of age were at the rate of
81 per 1,000 births, as against 65 for the whole of London.