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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES
DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,
I herewith present my Annual Report of the
district for the past year, ending 31st December, 1889.
The vital statistics are calculated upon the corrected
population of the Census, 1881, and they are arranged in
order to be of use for comparison with the corresponding
reports of past years. I will first, however, lay before you
some interesting extracts from the Registrar-General's
Annual Summary of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in
London, during 1889, as follows :—
Registration London."
"Area.—The area of Registration London is 77,410
acres, or 121 square miles, including 2,718 acres of tidal
water. The length of the streets and roads, as returned in
1882, was more than 1,600 miles. The area of London
being 121 square miles, is equal to a square of 11 miles to
the side.
" Elevation.—The population of London resides at a
* Registration London is co-extensive with the Administrative County
of London