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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1904
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1904
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ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF
| Towns. | Estimated Population middle of 1904. | 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. | ||||||||||||||
| 76 Towns | 15,271,287 | 442,788 | 162,559 | 29.1 | 17.2 | 2.49 | 38,046 | 208 | 7,218 | 1,786 | 2,925 | 6,065 | 1,557 | 18,287 | 160 | 1.1 |
| 75 Provincial Towns | 10,622,337 | 313,453 | 185,465 | 29.6 | 17.5 | 2.65 | 28,056 | 183 | 4,957 | 1,421 | 2,196 | 4,558 | 1,255 | 13,486 | 166 | 1.5 |
| London | 4,648,950 | 129,335 | 77,094 | 27.9 | 16.6 | 2.18 | 9.990 | 25 | 2,261 | 365 | 729 | 1,507 | 302 | 4,801 | 146 | 0.2 |
| Croydon | 144,419 | 3,744 | 1,988 | 26.0 | 13.4 | 1.42 | 204 | ... | 60 | 7 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 92 | 130 | ... |
| Willesden | 132,566 | 4,319 | 1,479 | 32.7 | 11.2 | 1.62 | 214 | ... | 39 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 136 | 114 | 0.6 |
| Hornsey | 81,221 | 1,615 | 684 | 19.9 | 8.4 | 0.90 | 73 | ... | 18 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 87 | ... |
| Tottenham | 112,981 | 3,580 | 1,562 | 34.2 | 13.9 | 2.14 | 242 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 144 | 139 | 0.1 |
| West Ham | 288,424 | 9,291 | 4,733 | 32.3 | 16.5 | 3.33 | 988 | 1 | 172 | 39 | 44 | 102 | 32 | 598 | 162 | 0.2 |
| East Ham | 116,902 | 3,703 | 1,525 | 31.8 | 13.1 | 3.13 | 365 | ... | 62 | 10 | 49 | 26 | 15 | 203 | 154 | 0.4 |
| Leyton | 110,844 | 3,171 | 1,401 | 28.7 | 12.7 | 2.56 | 283 | ... | 23 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 10 | 185 | 143 | 1.4 |
| Walthamstow | 111,282 | 3,607 | 1.351 | 32.5 | 12.2 | 2.87 | 318 | 1 | 55 | 15 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 177 | 140 | 0.2 |
| Hastings | 66,503 | 1,154 | 873 | 17.4 | 13.2 | 0.40 | 26 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 108 | 0.3 |
| Brighton | 126,286 | 2,961 | 2,090 | 23.5 | 16.6 | 1.64 | 205 | ... | 91 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 7 | 54 | 134 | 0.1 |
| Portsmouth | 198,038 | 5,579 | 3,333 | 28.3 | 16.9 | 2.13 | 420 | ... | 1 | 22 | 71 | 79 | 34 | 213 | 142 | 1.1 |
| Bournemouth | 64.645 | 1,103 | 877 | 17.1 | 13.6 | 0.61 | 39 | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 121 | 0.3 |
| Southampton | 112,500 | 3,003 | 1,542 | 26.8 | 13.7 | 1.08 | 121 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 89 | 115 | ... |
| Reading | 76,373 | 1,989 | 1,055 | 26.1 | 13.9 | 1. 80 | 138 | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 4 | 4 | 115 | 133 | 2.1 |
| Northampton | 91,146 | 2,096 | 1,258 | 23.1 | 13.8 | 1.60 | 145 | ... | 1 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 87 | 132 | 2.2 |
| Ipswich | 69,805 | 1,920 | 1,079 | 27.6 | 15.5 | 1.55 | 108 | ... | 20 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 143 | 1.5 |
| Great Yarmouth | 52,099 | 1,446 | 911 | 27.8 | 17.5 | 2.53 | 131 | ... | 12 | 3 | 23 | 33 | 5 | 55 | 165 | 0.1 |
| Norwich | 115,538 | 3,183 | 2,101 | 27.6 | 18.2 | 2.91 | 334 | ... | 132 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 16 | 136 | 180 | 0.7 |
| Plymouth | 114,003 | 2,889 | 2,108 | 25.4 | 18.5 | 2.53 | 288 | ... | 79 | 36 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 116 | 172 | 0.l |
| Devonport | 75,334 | 2,154 | 1,008 | 28.7 | 13.4 | 1.24 | 93 | ... | 17 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 119 | 0.2 |
| Bristol | 343,204 | 9,155 | 5,346 | 26.7 | 15.6 | 1.64 | 560 | 1 | 101 | 38 | 103 | 116 | 26 | 175 | 134 | 0.4 |
| Hanley | 63,932 | 2,151 | 1,332 | 33.7 | 20.9 | 4.10 | 262 | 2 | 43 | 29 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 125 | 212 | 1.1 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 51,934 | 1,342 | 778 | 25.9 | 15.0 | 1.32 | 68 | ... | 5 | 4 | 6 | 36 | ... | 17 | 119 | 1.3 |
| Wolverhampton | 98,194 | 2,925 | 1,516 | 29 .9 | 15.5 | 2.71 | 267 | ... | ... | 15 | 18 | 59 | 13 | 162 | 155 | 0.6 |
| Walsall | 91,432 | 3,003 | 1,630 | 32.9 | 17.9 | 3.22 | 294 | ... | 41 | 15 | 20 | 61 | 9 | 148 | 176 | 0.5 |
| Handsworth | 59,634 | 1,424 | 702 | 24.0 | 11.8 | 1.35 | 80 | ... | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 29 | 134 | 1.6 |
| West Bromwich | 67,186 | 2,265 | 1,090 | 33.8 | 16.3 | 1.90 | 128 | ... | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 81 | 150 | 1.5 |
| Birmingham | 537,965 | 16,933 | 10,666 | 31.6 | 19.9 | 3.42 | 1,838 | ... | 204 | 65 | 127 | 457 | 40 | 945 | 197 | 2.7 |
| Kings Norton | 66,667 | 1,885 | 702 | 28.4 | 10.6 | 0.79 | 52 | ... | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 100 | 1.7 |
| Smethwick | 60,691 | 1,956 | 777 | 32.3 | 12.0 | 1.23 | 74 | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 146 | 3.1 |
| Aston Manor | 80,363 | 2,323 | 1,203 | 29.0 | 15.0 | 2.97 | 239 | ... | 17 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 8 | 143 | 184 | 1.2 |
| Coventry | 73,904 | 2,291 | 1,130 | 31.1 | 15.3 | 1.69 | 125 | 1 | ... | 10 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 54 | 138 | 1.6 |
| Leicester | 224,186 | 5,946 | 3,244 | 26.6 | 14.5 | 1.97 | 443 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 88 | 14 | 294 | 167 | 1.0 |
| Grimsby | 66,958 | 1,954 | 1,083 | 29.3 | 16.2 | 3.43 | 230 | ... | 74 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 95 | 186 | 1.0 |
| Nottingham | 248,811 | 6,879 | 4,391 | 27.6 | 17.7 | 2.58 | 643 | 12 | 45 | 27 | 70 | 90 | 58 | 341 | 176 | 0.8 |
| Derby | 120,449 | 3,285 | 1,838 | 27.4 | 15.3 | 1.40 | 169 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 82 | 143 | 0.1 |