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City of London 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1937 AND PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.
Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected number. | Nett. | |||||||||||
| of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1932 | 9,990 | 397 | 65 | 6.5 | 650 | 65 06 | 593 | 71 | 3 | 46 | 128 | 12.8 |
| 1933 | 9,830 | 396 | 83 | 8.4 | 572 | 58.18 | 521 | 57 | 5 | 60 | 108 | 10.9 |
| 1934 | 9,660 | 382 | 66 | 6.8 | 670 | 69.36 | 628 | 59 | 8 | 121 | 101 | 10 5 |
| 1935 | 9,360 | 378 | 71 | 7.6 | 572 | 6111 | 525 | 56 | 8 | 113 | 103 | 11.0 |
| 1936 | 9,100 | 417 | 68 | 7.5 | 546 | 60 00 | 501 | 59 | 10 | 147 | 104 | 114 |
| Average previous 5 years | 9,588 | 394 | 71 | 7.4 | 602 | 62.74 | 554 | 60 | 7 | 97 | 109 | 11.3 |
| 1937 | 8,980 | 377 | 55 | 61 | 551 | 61.35 | 506 | 56 | 2 | 18 | 101 | 11.2 |
Area of City of London in acres
(land and inland water) 661
Total population at all ages 13,709
Number of inhabited houses 2,922
Average number of persons per house 4.6
At Census
1921.
Vaccination.—Of the 398 births notified to the Vaccination Officer during 1936, 131 had
been successfully vaccinated by the end of 1937, 21 had died before the age for vaccination
and 1 was reported as insusceptible. Vaccination was postponed by medical
certificate in 0 cases, and 151 had removed into other districts. No case was pending.
There were 94 instances of conscientious objection. The Public Vaccinator performed 9
re.vaccinations during the year, and in addition to the 131 successful vaccinations
referred to above, 2 adult persons were vaccinated for the first time.
VACCINATION STATISTICS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
| Year. | Number of Births notified to Vaccination Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious objections.[/##] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 413 | per cent. 41.7 | per cent. 0.7 | per cent. Nil. | per cent. 3.4 | per cent. 0.3 | per cent. 33.1 | per cent. 21.3 |
| 1933 | 396 | 36.7 | 0.7 | „ | 4.5 | 0.2 | 35.4 | 22.5 |
| 1934 | 371 | 31.5 | Nil. | „ | 4.0 | 1.1 | 41.6 | 21.8 |
| 1935 | 370 | 36.9 | „ | „ | 45 | 0.2 | 365 | 21.9 |
| 1936 | 398 | 27.2 | 0.4 | „ | 4.9 | Nil. | 43.7 | 23.8 |
| Average previous 5 years | 389 | 34.8 | 0.4 | „ | 4.3 | 0.4 | 38.1 | 22.3 |
| 1937 | 398 | 32.9 | 0.2 | „ | 5.3 | .... | 37.9 | 23.7 |
| Year. | Number of Births notified to Vaccination Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious objections.[/##] |
| 1932 | 413 | |||||||
| 1933 | 396 | 36.7 | 0.7 | „ | 4.5 | 0.2 | 35.4 | 22.5 |
| 1934 | 371 | 31.5 | Nil. | „ | 4.0 | 1.1 | 41.6 | 21.8 |
| 1935 | 370 | 36.9 | „ | „ | 45 | 0.2 | 365 | 21.9 |
| 1936 | 398 | 27.2 | 0.4 | „ | 4.9 | Nil. | 43.7 | 23.8 |
| Average previous 5 years | 389 | 34.8 | 0.4 | „ | 4.3 | 0.4 | 38.1 | 22.3 |
| 1937 | 398 | 32.9 | 0.2 | „ | 5.3 | .... | 37.9 | 23.7 |