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 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. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Stockport | 97,008 | 2,560 | 1,901 | 26.5 | 19.7 | 3.07 | 297 | 14 | 65 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 164 | 203 | 0.3 |
Birkenhead | 114,814 | 3,796 | 2,249 | 33.2 | 19.6 | 3.71 | 426 | 1 | 103 | 20 | 28 | 84 | 14 | 176 | 181 | 0.3 |
Wallasey | 60,354 | 1,673 | 916 | 27.8 | 15.2 | 2.69 | 162 | ... | 34 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 7 | 57 | 160 | 1.5 |
Liverpool | 723,430 | 24,277 | 16,296 | 33.7 | 22.6 | 4 .65 | 3,353 | 1 | 676 | 141 | 193 | 418 | 107 | 1,817 | 196 | 3.2 |
Bootle | 61,755 | 1,921 | 1,208 | 31.2 | 18.0 | 4.17 | 257 | ... | 52 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 2 | 133 | 183 | 3.6 |
St. Helens | 88,545 | 3,321 | 1,845 | 37.6 | 20.9 | 4.21 | 373 | 3 | 132 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 142 | 177 | 4.9 |
Wigan | 62,800 | 2,188 | 1,345 | 35.0 | 21.5 | 2.91 | 182 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 101 | 187 | 0.5 |
Warrington | 67,331 | 2,246 | 1,336 | 33.4 | 19.9 | 4.57 | 307 | 4 | 37 | 52 | 4 | 87 | 4 | 119 | 172 | 4.6 |
Bolton | 175,744 | 4,698 | 2,964 | 26.8 | 16.9 | 2.28 | 399 | ... | 13 | 22 | 28 | 132 | 38 | 165 | 168 | 0.5 |
Bury | 58,450 | 1,386 | 986 | 23.8 | 16.9 | 2.34 | 136 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 43 | 164 | 2.1 |
Manchester | 557,938 | 17,391 | 11,837 | 31.3 | 21.3 | 3.09 | 1,726 | 10 | 425 | 82 | 96 | 280 | 69 | 764 | 187 | 1.9 |
Salford | 228,983 | 7,262 | 4,837 | 31.8 | 21.2 | 4.37 | 997 | 3 | 253 | 56 | 113 | 141 | 52 | 379 | 192 | 0.4 |
Oldham | 139,497 | 3,466 | 2,531 | 24.9 | 18.2 | 2.31 | 323 | 14 | 66 | 21 | 35 | 38 | 22 | 127 | 156 | 0.2 |
Rochdale | 85,601 | 1,946 | 1,512 | 22.8 | 17.7 | 2.03 | 174 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 55 | 152 | 2.3 |
Burnley | 100,569 | 2,657 | 1,957 | 26.6 | 19.5 | 3 .93 | 393 | ... | 103 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 19 | 20I | 229 | 1.7 |
Blackburn | 132,134 | 3,086 | 2,231 | 23.4 | 16 .9 | 2. 36 | 311 | ... | 63 | 13 | 11 | 96 | 21 | 107 | 191 | 2.8 |
Preston | 115,055 | 3,223 | 2,203 | 28.1 | 19.2 | 2.93 | 336 | 7 | 73 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 31 | 164 | 185 | 3.3 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 59,654 | 1,893 | 818 | 31.8 | 13.7 | 1.34 | 80 | ... | 2 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 39 | 120 | 2.7 |
Huddersfield | 94,925 | 2,243 | 1,658 | 23.7 | 17.5 | 1.91 | 181 | 1 | 76 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 48 | 136 | 1.6 |
Halifax | 107,580 | 2,143 | 1,658 | 20.0 | 15.5 | 1.50 | 162 | 9 | 47 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 37 | 128 | 1.9 |
Bradford | 285,089 | 6,276 | 5,016 | 22.1 | 17.6 | 2.42 | 690 | 3 | 147 | 44 | 162 | 49 | 48 | 237 | 166 | 0.7 |
Leeds | 450,142 | 12,562 | 8,089 | 28.0 | 18.0 | 2.56 | 1,153 | 2 | 343 | 59 | 47 | 209 | 49 | 444 | 175 | 0.2 |
Sheffield | 432,940 | 13,802 | 7,250 | 32.0 | 16.8 | 2.20 | 949 | 1 | 33 | 87 | 47 | 148 | 50 | 583 | 158 | 2.8 |
Rotherham | 58,498 | 1,927 | 922 | 33.0 | 15.8 | 2 .39 | 139 | ... | 36 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 67 | 163 | 2.8 |
York | 81,268 | 2,288 | 1,315 | 28.2 | 16.2 | 2.81 | 229 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 134 | 172 | 0.2 |
Hull | 253,865 | 7,855 | 4,699 | 31.0 | 18.6 | 3 .52 | 894 | 5 | 180 | 13 | 63 | 67 | 39 | 527 | 178 | 1.1 |
Middlesbrough | 96,684 | 3,481 | 1,907 | 36.2 | 19.8 | 2.79 | 269 | ... | 43 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 162 | 169 | l.4 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 52,192 | 1,655 | 914 | 31.8 | 14 .7 | 2.57 | 134 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 36 | 149 | 1.1 |
West Hartlepool | 69,251 | 2,221 | 1,068 | 32.2 | 14.0 | 1.97 | 136 | ... | 13 | 1 | 35 | 49 | 3 | 35 | 132 | 0.6 |
Sunderland | 151,157 | 5,194 | 2,934 | 25.8 | 19.5 | 2.33 | 353 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 27 | 64 | 32 | 165 | 164 | 3.4 |
South Shields | 107,334 | 3,644 | 1,916 | 34.0 | 17.9 | 1.76 | 188 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 8 | 62 | 145 | 5.0 |
Gateshead | 118,067 | 4,049 | 2,180 | 34.4 | 18.5 | 2.88 | 339 | 34 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 91 | 7 | 133 | 174 | 4.0 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 225,362 | 6,864 | 4,352 | 30.5 | 19.4 | 1.79 | 402 | 18 | 56 | 25 | 49 | 130 | 10 | 114 | 156 | 0.3 |
Tynemouth | 53,060 | 1,846 | 1,017 | 34.9 | 19.2 | 1.93 | 102 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 154 | 1.9 |
Newport (Mon.) | 71,543 | 2,362 | 1,118 | 33.1 | 15. 7 | 1.64 | 117 | ... | 1 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 66 | 152 | 0.4 |
Cardiff | 176,313 | 5,208 | 2,608 | 29.6 | 14.8 | 1.80 | 316 | 1 | 64 | 24 | 31 | 60 | 9 | 127 | 146 | 0.2 |
Rhondda | 122,310 | 4,860 | 2,331 | 39.8 | 19.1 | 3.80 | 466 | ... | 103 | 21 | 31 | 53 | 43 | 215 | 190 | 0.8 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 72,745 | 2,761 | 1,431 | 38.1 | 19.7 | 2.53 | 184 | ... | 6 | 19 | 16 | 33 | 16 | 94 | 186 | 0.3 |
Swansea | 95,931 | 2,998 | 1,724 | 31.3 | 18.0 | 2.23 | 214 | ... | ... | 14 | 24 | 97 | 5 | 74 | 174 | 1.3 |