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1883-84.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S
ANNUAL REPORT.
Gentlemen,
The year 1883, judged of by its deathrate,
was the healthiest year that London has
experienced since mortuary returns have been recorded.
It was moreover, as might almost have
been surmised from that fact, a year marked by few
noteworthy sanitary incidents.
The populations of London and of the five
groups of districts, into which it is divided, as
determined at the census of 1881, were as follows:—
Table I.—Populations of London & its Groups of Districts at
Census of 1881.
London.
West D.
North D.
Central D.
East D.
South D.
3,816,483
669,633
905.947
282,238
692,738
1,265,927
The numbers have increased generally since
that time; and the Registrar General calculates that,
in the middle of 1883, the population of the Metro-
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