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City of London 1872

[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-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers of
the City of London.
Gentlemen,—In accordance with the practice of
the last twenty-five years, I submit to you the
Statistical Tables relating to the sanitary condition
of the City of London during the official year which
expired on the 30th of September last.
The first table shows that there were 1,262 marriages,
1,752 births, and 1,583 deaths registered in
the City during the year. As might be expected
from the diminished population of the City, all these
numbers are below the averages for the last ten years;
but they arc not largely different from the mean