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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1904

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ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LARGEST ENGLISH TOWNSDURING 1904—continued.

TownsEstimated 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.
Stockport97,0082,5601,90126.519.73.07297146521158101642030.3
Birkenhead114,8143,7962,24933.219.63.714261103202884141761810.3
Wallasey60,3541,67391627.815.22.69162...34812447571601.5
Liverpool723,43024,27716,29633.722.64 .653,35316761411934181071,8171963.2
Bootle61,7551,9211,20831.218.04.17257...5213174021331833.6
St. Helens88,5453,3211,84537.620.94.213733132152149111421774.9
Wigan62,8002,1881,34535.021.52.911821228331161011870.5
Warrington67,3312,2461,33633.419.94.573074375248741191724.6
Bolton175,7444,6982,96426.816.92.28399...132228132381651680.5
Bury58,4501,38698623.816.92.34136326117397431642.1
Manchester557,93817,39111,83731.321.33.091,726104258296280697641871.9
Salford228,9837,2624,83731.821.24.37997325356113141523791920.4
Oldham139,4973,4662,53124.918.22.313231466213538221271560.2
Rochdale85,6011,9461,51222.817.72.031741451418347551522.3
Burnley100,5692,6571,95726.619.53 .93393...1031312451920I2291.7
Blackburn132,1343,0862,23123.416 .92. 36311...63131196211071912.8
Preston115,0553,2232,20328.119.22.9333677362332311641853.3
Barrow-in-Furness59,6541,89381831.813.71.3480...2114186391202.7
Huddersfield94,9252,2431,65823.717.51.911811761014248481361.6
Halifax107,5802,1431,65820.015.51.5016294723171910371281.9
Bradford285,0896,2765,01622.117.62.4269031474416249482371660.7
Leeds450,14212,5628,08928.018.02.561,15323435947209494441750.2
Sheffield432,94013,8027,25032.016.82.209491338747148505831582.8
Rotherham58,4981,92792233.015.82 .39139...36471312671632.8
York81,2682,2881,31528.216.22.81229113321322141341720.2
Hull253,8657,8554,69931.018.63 .528945180136367395271781.1
Middlesbrough96,6843,4811,90736.219.82.79269...4310122517162169l.4
Stockton-on-Tees52,1921,65591431.814 .72.571341261130237361491.1
West Hartlepool69,2512,2211,06832.214.01.97136...13135493351320.6
Sunderland151,1575,1942,93425.819.52.3335326032764321651643.4
South Shields107,3343,6441,91634.017.91.76188729713628621455.0
Gateshead118,0674,0492,18034.418.52.88339344020149171331744.0
Newcastle-on-Tyne225,3626,8644,35230.519.41.7940218562549130101141560.3
Tynemouth53,0601,8461,01734.919.21.931028302477441541.9
Newport (Mon.)71,5432,3621,11833.115. 71.64117...1108275661520.4
Cardiff176,3135,2082,60829.614.81.8031616424316091271460.2
Rhondda122,3104,8602,33139.819.13.80466...103213153432151900.8
Merthyr Tydfil72,7452,7611,43138.119.72.53184...619163316941860.3
Swansea95,9312,9981,72431.318.02.23214......1424975741741.3