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annual report of
the medical officer of health
for the year 1934
To the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the Corporation of London
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, EC
May] 1935
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my eighth Annual Report on the work of the Medical
Officer of Health for the City of London
During the year Mr. T. Dunlop Young, OBE, MRCVS, DVSM, retired from the
service, and I should like to place on record my appreciation of the assistance which I have
received from him, and to say that his services as Veterinary Surgeon will be missed
I should like to express my great appreciation of the valuable assistance which
is rendered by St Bartholomew's Hospital to the Corporation in connection with
(1) Venereal Disease;
(2) Tuberculosis;
(3) Maternity and Child Welfare
The efficiency, combined with economy and ease of working, is productive of the
maximum benefit to all concerned
If, in the future, prevention is to take the place of treatment, here is being laid the
foundation at a place and in an atmosphere where and in which transition would properly
be effected
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
The area of "Registration London" is 74,817 acres (excluding tidal water and foreshore),
or 116.9 square miles
Density (1928)—City of London Registration District, at night, 17.3 persons to an
acre; City of London Registration District, during the day, *664.1 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 £60,870,113, on April 6th, 1934, whilst on the same
date the corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London was £8,933,634,
or about one-seventh of the whole County
The annual sum receivable from a penny rate is £36,602
Population—The undermentioned figures are extracted from the Report of the
Registrar-General on the Census of England and Wales, 1921:—
Area, Statute Acres Inhabited Houses Population Private Families
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
*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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