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annual report of
the medical officer of health
for the year 1935.
To the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the Corporation of London.
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, E.C.
May, 1936.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my ninth Annual Report on the work of the Medical
Officer of Health for the City of London.
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.—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 £61,336,166, on April 6th, 1935, whilst on the same
date the corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London was £8,946,725,
or about one.seventh of the whole County.
The annual sum receivable from a penny rate is £34,250.

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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