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 1903
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Table No. 13.—continued. ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LARGEST ENGLISH TOWNS DURING 1903.
Towns | Estimated Population middle of 1903. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. | Rate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Stockport | 95,709 | 2,794 | 1,761 | 29.3 | 18.5 | 2.34 | 223 | 2 | 41 | 27 | 8 | 52 | 14 | 79 | 185 | 0.2 |
Birkenhead | 113,598 | 3,489 | 1,899 | 30.8 | 16.8 | 2.06 | 235 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 41 | 15 | 134 | 156 | 0.5 |
Wallasey | 58,258 | 1,605 | 805 | 27.6 | 13.9 | 1.28 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 115 | 1.4 |
Liverpool | 716,810 | 23,906 | 14,642 | 33.4 | 20.5 | 2.51 | 1.790 | 137 | 129 | 191 | 162 | 309 | 162 | 700 | 159 | 3.4 |
Bootle | 60,761 | 1,999 | 1,154 | 33.0 | 19.0 | 2.71 | 164 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 93 | 165 | 3.9 |
St. Helens | 87,259 | 3,373 | 1,541 | 38.8 | 17.7 | 1.88 | 164 | ... | ... | 27 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 68 | 142 | 0.7 |
Wigan | 62,165 | 2,201 | 1,374 | 35.5 | 22.2 | 4.18 | 259 | 1 | 100 | 26 | 13 | 32 | 10 | 77 | 180 | 0.8 |
Warrington | 66,370 | 2,395 | 1,236 | 36.2 | 18.7 | 3.29 | 218 | 4 | 96 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 67 | 153 | 4.9 |
Bolton | 173,401 | 4,669 | 3,019 | 27.0 | 17.5 | 1.99 | 343 | 3 | 47 | 58 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 156 | 152 | 0.3 |
Bury | 58,313 | 1,322 | 1,007 | 22.7 | 17.3 | 2.16 | 126 | 7 | 27 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 165 | 1.6 |
Manchester | 553,486 | 17,704 | 10,886 | 32.1 | 19.7 | 2.55 | 1,406 | 25 | 349 | 96 | 135 | 213 | 94 | 494 | 169 | 1.4 |
Salford | 226,480 | 7.284 | 4,284 | 32.2 | 19.0 | 2.86 | 647 | 7 | 131 | 56 | 86 | 96 | 49 | 222 | 167 | 0.6 |
Oldham | 138,786 | 3,545 | 2,577 | 25.6 | 18.6 | 2.34 | 323 | 23 | 38 | 30 | 54 | 108 | 12 | 58 | 160 | 1.1 |
Rochdale | 84,824 | 2,029 | 1,451 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 1.36 | 115 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 23 | 141 | 2.2 |
Burnley | 99,469 | 2,701 | 1,901 | 27.2 | 19.2 | 2.82 | 281 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 56 | 15 | 139 | 217 | 0.9 |
Blackburn | 131,218 | 3,288 | 2,058 | 25.1 | 15.7 | 1.49 | 194 | 2 | 54 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 157 | 2.6 |
Preston | 114,404 | 3,466 | 2,131 | 30.4 | 18.7 | 3.09 | 354 | 2 | 103 | 15 | 21 | 62 | 33 | 118 | 161 | 2.4 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 59,009 | 1,962 | 749 | 33.3 | 12.7 | 0.85 | 50 | ... | 5 | ... | 7 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 97 | 4.7 |
Huddersfield | 94,963 | 2,252 | 1,584 | 23.8 | 16.7 | 0.84 | 80 | 2 | ... | 15 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 120 | 0.8 |
Halifax | 106,754 | 2,244 | 1,599 | 21.1 | 15.0 | 0.72 | 76 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 122 | 1.5 |
Bradford | 283,412 | 6,596 | 4,633 | 23.3 | 16.4 | 1.36 | 387 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 90 | 41 | 145 | 148 | 0.7 |
Leeds | 443,559 | 12,996 | 7,325 | 29.4 | 16.6 | 1.76 | 773 | 22 | 123 | 109 | 65 | 119 | 57 | 278 | 153 | 0.4 |
Sheffield | 425,528 | 14,091 | 7,903 | 33.2 | 18.6 | 3.10 | 1,317 | 3 | 337 | 95 | 40 | 258 | 45 | 539 | 182 | 2.6 |
Rotherham | 57,212 | 1,969 | 1,006 | 34.5 | 17.6 | 2.94 | 167 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 10 | 66 | 181 | 3.0 |
York | 80,186 | 2,340 | 1,301 | 29.3 | 16.3 | 1.97 | 158 | 5 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 5 | 49 | 156 | 0.2 |
Hull | 249,639 | 7,800 | 4,212 | 31.3 | 16.9 | 2.19 | 546 | 6 | 104 | 8 | 76 | 23 | 18 | 311 | 162 | 1.4 |
Middlesbrough | 95,013 | 3,466 | 2,040 | 36.6 | 21.5 | 2.97 | 282 | 1 | 72 | 7 | 30 | 16 | 22 | 134 | 186 | 2.2 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 51,965 | 1,644 | 829 | 31.7 | 16.0 | 1.29 | 67 | ... | ... | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 137 | 1.0 |
West Hartlepool | 67,201 | 2,274 | 958 | 33.9 | 14.3 | 0.80 | 55 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 129 | 0.6 |
Sunderland | 149,572 | 5,233 | 2,974 | 35.1 | 19.9 | 2.37 | 352 | 3 | 121 | 34 | 31 | 50 | 24 | 89 | 157 | 2.7 |
South Shields | 105,325 | 3,625 | 1,805 | 34.5 | 17.2 | 1.09 | 115 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 58 | 131 | 5.3 |
Grateshead | 115,531 | 4,118 | 1,920 | 35.8 | 16.7 | 1.87 | 217 | 19 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 105 | 159 | 4.6 |
Newcastle-on-Tyoe | 222,241 | 6,897 | 4,259 | 31.1 | 19.2 | 1.24 | 271 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 51 | 7 | 128 | 165 | 0.5 |
Tynemouth | 52,531 | 1,725 | 952 | 32.9 | 18.2 | 1.42 | 74 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 162 | 1.6 |
Newport (Mon.) | 70,217 | 2,271 | 1,100 | 32.4 | 15.7 | 1.73 | 122 | ... | 28 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 36 | 146 | 0.4 |
Cardiff | 172,590 | 5,250 | 2,408 | 30.5 | 14.0 | 1.32 | 227 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 38 | 16 | 79 | 123 | 0.1 |
Rhondda | 119,652 | 4,897 | 1,976 | 41,1 | 16.6 | 2.46 | 293 | ... | 8 | 37 | 41 | 51 | 44 | 112 | 158 | 0.7 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 71,651 | 2,744 | 1,363 | 38.4 | 19.1 | 2.66 | 190 | ... | 33 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 48 | 154 | 0.4 |
Swansea | 95,489 | 3,049 | 1,770 | 32.0 | 18.6 | 2.30 | 218 | ... | 95 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 46 | 165 | 0.6 |