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City of London 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]
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REPORT
ON THE
SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
CITY OF LONDON.
THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers of the
CITY of London.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the
statistical facts relating to the sanitary condition of
the City of London for the year which ended in
September last. They are appended, as usual, in
tabular FORM; and you will perceive that 1,996 births,
2,025 deaths, and 1,250 marriages were registered
in the City during the year. All these numbers are
considerably below the averages for the last ten