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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.

TownsEstimated 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.
Births.Deaths.Principal Infectious Diseases.
Stockport95,7092,7941,76129.318.52.342232412785214791850.2
Birkenhead113,5983,4891,89930.816.82.0623559201141151341560.5
Wallasey58,2581,60580527.613.91.287413183105341151.4
Liverpool716,81023,90614,64233.420.52.511.7901371291911623091627001593.4
Bootle60,7611,9991,15433.019.02.71164722771513931653.9
St. Helens87,2593,3731,54138.817.71.88164......27223215681420.7
Wigan62,1652,2011,37435.522.24.18259110026133210771800.8
Warrington66,3702,3951,23636.218.73.29218496811302671534.9
Bolton173,4014,6693,01927.017.51.9934334758378341561520.3
Bury58,3131,3221,00722.717.32.1612672792175501651.6
Manchester553,48617,70410,88632.119.72.551,4062534996135213944941691.4
Salford226,4807.2844,28432.219.02.866477131568696492221670.6
Oldham138,7863,5452,57725.618.62.343232338305410812581601.1
Rochdale84,8242,0291,45124.017.11.36115641320427231412.2
Burnley99,4692,7011,90127.219.22.822811017242056151392170.9
Blackburn131,2183,2882,05825.115.71.4919425414261317681572.6
Preston114,4043,4662,13130.418.73.093542103152162331181612.4
Barrow-in-Furness59,0091,96274933.312.70.8550...5...781416974.7
Huddersfield94,9632,2521,58423.816.70.84802...1514168251200.8
Halifax106,7542,2441,59921.115.00.7276467101913171221.5
Bradford283,4126,5964,63323.316.41.363871215295590411451480.7
Leeds443,55912,9967,32529.416.61.767732212310965119572781530.4
Sheffield425,52814,0917,90333.218.63.101,31733379540258455391822.6
Rotherham57,2121,9691,00634.517.62.941673309123710661813.0
York80,1862,3401,30129.316.31.97158542128375491560.2
Hull249,6397,8004,21231.316.92.19546610487623183111621.4
Middlesbrough95,0133,4662,04036.621.52.9728217273016221341862.2
Stockton-on-Tees51,9651,64482931.716.01.2967......1410107261371.0
West Hartlepool67,2012,27495833.914.30.805511171211491290.6
Sunderland149,5725,2332,97435.119.92.37352312134315024891572.7
South Shields105,3253,6251,80534.517.21.091151131416310581315.3
Grateshead115,5314,1181,92035.816.71.8721719437113651051594.6
Newcastle-on-Tyoe222,2416,8974,25931.119.21.2427191227375171281650.5
Tynemouth52,5311,72595232.918.21.4274491012114241621.6
Newport (Mon.)70,2172,2711,10032.415.71.73122...28693310361460.4
Cardiff172,5905,2502,40830.514.01.3222732729353816791230.1
Rhondda119,6524,8971,97641,116.62.46293...8374151441121580.7
Merthyr Tydfil71,6512,7441,36338.419.12.66190...3329223028481540.4
Swansea95,4893,0491,77032.018.62.30218...9512213311461650.6