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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION
of the
CITY OF LONDON.
the twenty-fourth annual report of the
medical officer of health.
To the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers of
the City of London.
Gentlemen,—In the course of the sanitary year
which expired in September last there were 1,195
marriages, 1,825 births, and 1,762 deaths registered
in the City. These numbers are below the averages
for the corresponding period of the last 10 years—the
marriages having been in the annual proportion of
1,432, the births 2,429, and the deaths 2,393.
Marriages.
These have been at the rate of 15.6 per 1,000 of
the population—the common proportion in the City
for the last 10 years being a little less than 15 per
1,000, while that of all England is about 8.4 per 1,000.
Births.
Of the 1,825 births in the City during the year,
883 were males and 942 females. These are in the
proportion of only 93.7 males to 100 females, whereas