Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1902
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Table No. 15 .—continued. ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LARGEST ENGLISH TOWNS DURING 1902.
Towns. | Estimated Population middle of 1902 | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Dipththeria | Whooping-Cough | Fever | Diarrhæa | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births | Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths. | ||
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Principal Infectious Diseases | Deaths | Births | ||||||||||||||
Stockport | 94,422 | 2,636 | 1,823 | 27.5 | 19.0 | 1.84 | 177 | 9 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 29 | 13 | 55 | 179 | 0.3 |
Birkenhead | 112,396 | 3,731 | 2,024 | 32 7 | 17.7 | 2.27 | 257 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 27 | 60 | 45 | 68 | 148 | 0.3 |
Wallasey | 56,173 | 1,602 | 791 | 28.1 | 13.9 | 1.23 | 70 | ... | 12 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 107 | 1.4 |
Liverpool | 692,495 | 24,087 | 15,815 | 34.2 | 22.5 | 3.08 | 2,175 | 22 | 341 | 320 | 210 | 404 | 219 | 659 | 163 | 3.7 |
Bootle | 59,776 | 1,991 | 1,198 | 32.8 | 19.7 | 3.14 | 191 | 5 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 160 | 3.2 |
St. Helens | 85,986 | 3,279 | 1,751 | 37.5 | 20.0 | 2.72 | 238 | ... | 59 | 48 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 65 | 167 | 5.5 |
Wigan | 61,587 | 2,368 | 1,291 | 37.9 | 20.6 | 3.02 | 189 | ... | 21 | 34 | 23 | 39 | 15 | 57 | 157 | 1.6 |
Warrington | 65,419 | 2,376 | 1,091 | 35 7 | 16.4 | 1.31 | 86 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 146 | 5.8 |
Bolton | 171,082 | 4,736 | 2,943 | 27.2 | 16.9 | 2.04 | 355 | 7 | 30 | 117 | 43 | 56 | 34 | 68 | 134 | O.2 |
Bury | 58,182 | 1,232 | 969 | 20.8 | 16.4 | 1.44 | 86 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 130 | 1.9 |
Manchester | 549,170 | 18,301 | 11,143 | 32 8 | 20.0 | 1.99 | 1,113 | ... | 246 | 147 | 118 | 242 | 65 | 295 | 152 | 0.8 |
Salford | 224,007 | 3,659 | 4,393 | 33.8 | 19.3 | 2.67 | 605 | ... | 157 | 50 | 74 | 118 | 61 | 145 | 157 | 0.4 |
Oldham | 138,091 | 3,659 | 2,677 | 26.1 | 19.1 | 2.00 | 282 | 7 | 104 | 36 | 47 | 30 | 14 | 44 | 148 | 0.3 |
Rochdale | 84,057 | 2,048 | 1,561 | 24.0 | 18.3 | 1.27 | 109 | ... | 70 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 130 | 2.7 |
Burnley | 98,383 | 2,914 | 1,946 | 29.1 | 19.5 | 3.61 | 361 | 4 | 149 | 70 | 45 | 15 | 19 | 59 | 177 | 1.4 |
Blackburn | 130,318 | 3,387 | 2,243 | 25.6 | 16.9 | 1.79 | 237 | 2 | 80 | 31 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 53 | 159 | 3.8 |
Preston | 113,766 | 3,341 | 2,205 | 28.9 | 19.1 | 2 79 | 323 | ... | 57 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 166 | 189 | 4.0 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 58,372 | 1,963 | 926 | 33.1 | 15.6 | 2.67 | 159 | ... | 72 | 2 | 12 | 51 | 9 | 13 | 136 | 3.7 |
Huddersfield | 95,084 | 2,354 | 1,716 | 24.4 | 17.8 | 1.57 | 152 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 6 | 18 | 138 | 1.5 |
Halifax | 105,932 | 2,286 | 1,691 | 21.3 | 15.7 | 1.07 | 406 | ... | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 144 | 2.6 |
Bradford | 281,771 | 6,575 | 4,530 | 23.0 | 15.8 | 1.43 | 406 | ... | 159 | 46 | 85 | 33 | 32 | 51 | 139 | 0.7 |
Leeds | 437,037 | 13,246 | 7,797 | 29.8 | 17.6 | 1.99 | 885 | 6 | 187 | 55 | 94 | 200 | 78 | 265 | 159 | 0.4 |
Sheffield | 418,177 | 14,182 | 7,257 | 33.4 | 17.1 | 1.67 | 720 | ... | 193 | 56 | 114 | 71 | 48 | 238 | 150 | 2.6 |
Rotherham | 55,934 | 2,007 | 889 | 35.3 | 15.6 | 1.74 | 99 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 139 | 3.6 |
York | 79,114 | 2,320 | 1,250 | 28.9 | 15.5 | 1.35 | 108 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 116 | 0.4 |
Hull | 245,449 | 8,000 | 4,286 | 32.1 | 17.2 | 2.27 | 569 | ... | 208 | 18 | 88 | 109 | 43 | 103 | 137 | 1.8 |
Middlesbrough | 93,355 | 3,413 | 1,915 | 360 | 20.2 | 2.66 | 254 | ... | 10 | 46 | 61 | 31 | 24 | 82 | 179 | 3.1 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 51,745 | 1,741 | 895 | 33.1 | 17.0 | 2.38 | 125 | ... | 43 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 141 | 2.9 |
West Hartlepool | 65,161 | 2,393 | i,003 | 36.1 | 15.1 | 1.61 | 106 | ... | 32 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 120 | 0.6 |
Sunderland | 148,007 | 5,393 | 2,928 | 35.9 | 19.5 | 1.87 | 281 | 1 | 83 | 25 | 15 | 48 | 35 | 74 | 152 | 4.0 |
South Shields | 103,330 | 3,830 | 2,045 | 36.5 | 19.5 | 2.67 | 280 | 3 | 100 | 43 | 6 | 104 | 7 | 17 | 147 | 5.3 |
Gateshead | 113,013 | 4,220 | 2,033 | 36.7 | 17.7 | 2.01 | 231 | 4 | 81 | 35 | 12 | 51 | 6 | 42 | 136 | 4.4 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 219,150 | 7,259 | 4,428 | 32.6 | 19.9 | 1.76 | 391 | 2 | 140 | 59 | 23 | 100 | 1O | 58 | 139 | 0.8 |
Tynemouth | 52,009 | 1,784 | 1,029 | 33.7 | 19.5 | 1.87 | 98 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 20 | 149 | 1.7 |
Newport (Mon) | 68,901 | 2,295 | 1.103 | 32.8 | 15.7 | 1.56 | 109 | 2 | 63 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 126 | 0.3 |
Cardiff | 168,909 | 5,408 | 2,885 | 31.5 | 16.8 | 2.69 | 462 | ... | 184 | 37 | 89 | 96 | 9 | 47 | 146 | 0.1 |
Rhondda | 117,011 | 4,937 | 2,223 | 41.5 | 18.7 | 3.02 | 357 | 1 | 110 | 27 | 81 | 39 | 21 | 78 | 178 | 0.6 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 70,568 | 2,824 | 1,659 | 39.4 | 23.1 | 2.77 | 135 | 10 | 55 | 8 | 29 | 13 | 25 | 59 | 185 | 0.4 |
Swansea | 95,059 | 3,005 | 1,556 | 31.1 | 16 1 | 1.40 | 135 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 135 | 1.4 |