Show london Lon dons s health bealh t is is on gain death rate reduced thirty per cent since passage of act of 1891 london what a wonderfully healthy place london would appear to be in spite of its black spots Is shown by a striking report from the pen of sir shirley murphy medical officer of health for london county in comparing london with other towns however it should be remembered that the metropolis has haa a health act passed in which gives the local authorities far greater powers than those possessed by the sanitary districts in the provinces how valuable indeed how necessary are these powers Is proved by by sir shirley murphys Murp hys statement that since tho the act waa as passed tho the london death rate rata has diminished by over 30 per cent and that this means a saving baying in each of the last two years of over lives which in its turn means an addition to the life capital of london of three quarters of a million years the london death rate Is tor for tho the year under review per which Is less than that of any other town with moro more than inhabitants except bristol and leicester an analysis of the london figures however reveals that the changes of life aro are much greater gr cator in some parts of the metropolis than in others the death rate varies from 94 in hompstead hempstead to in flansbury the infant mortality figures tell the same story the death rate being 77 por per 1000 for children under one year in hempstead Hemps toad to in Fins ginsbury finsbury bury and in shore ditch the marriage rate while slightly lightly in excess of that of the previous year shows a steady decline the birth rate Is the lowest on record |