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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 1905
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
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| Towns. | Estimated Population middle of 1905. | 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 | 15.609.377 | 438,360 | 244,840 | 28.2 | 15.7 | 1.88 | 29,355 | 51 | 6,058 | 2,082 | 2,528 | 4,507 | 1,252 | 12,877 | 140 | 1.1 |
| 75 Provincial Towns | 10,924,583 | 311,740 | 171,838 | 28.6 | 15.8 | 1.96 | 21,365 | 41 | 4,343 | 1,533 | 1,975 | 3.000 | 1,006 | 9,467 | 143 | 1.5 |
| London | 4,684,794 | 126,620 | 73,002 | 27.1 | 15.6 | 1.71 | 7,.990 | 10 | 1,715 | 549 | 553 | 1,507 | 246 | 3,410 | 131 | 0.2 |
| Croydon | 147,704 | 3,895 | 1,839 | 26.4 | 12.5 | 0.98 | 145 | ... | 25 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 4 | 49 | 95 | ... |
| Willesden | 138,080 | 4,134 | 1,595 | 30.0 | 11.6 | 1.72 | 236 | ... | 51 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 10 | 88 | 112 | 0.6 |
| Hornsey | 84,070 | 1.554 | 635 | 185 | 7'6 | 046 | 39 | ... | 10 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 66 | ... |
| Tottenham | 116,232 | 3.580 | 1,479 | 30.9 | 12.8 | 1.31 | 154 | ... | 11 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 6 | 50 | 115 | ... |
| West Ham | 294,997 | 9,029 | 4.366 | 30.7 | 14.8 | 2.98 | 877 | ... | 103 | 35 | 76 | 166 | 29 | 468 | 153 | 0.0 |
| East Ham | 123,381 | 3.671 | 1.435 | 29.8 | 11.7 | 2.27 | 279 | ... | 48 | 22 | 37 | 57 | 17 | 98 | 153 | 0.2 |
| Leyton | 114,555 | 3,209 | 1,180 | 28.1 | 10.3 | 1.37 | 157 | ... | 32 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 61 | 94 | 1.0 |
| Walthamstow | I 16,297 | 3,350 | 1,248 | 28.9 | 10.8 | 1.70 | 197 | ... | 35 | 17 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 77 | 106 | 0.3 |
| Hastings | 66,820 | 1,l82 | 851 | 17.7 | 12.8 | 0.90 | 59 | ... | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 113 | 0.5 |
| Brighton | 127,183 | 2,911 | 1,711 | 23.0 | 13.5 | 0.56 | 70 | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 47 | 101 | 0.5 |
| Portsmouth | 201,975 | 5,641 | 3,345 | 28.0 | 16.6 | 2.64 | 534 | ... | 218 | 11 | 69 | 45 | 18 | 173 | 133 | 1.4 |
| Bournemouth | 66,168 | 1,110 | 814 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 0.50 | 32 | ... | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 83 | 0.5 |
| Southampton | 114,897 | 2,868 | 1,648 | 25.0 | 14.4 | 2.37 | 270 | 4 | 130 | 10 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 71 | 132 | ... |
| Reading | 77.674 | 1,992 | 1,038 | 25.7 | I3.4 | 1.54 | 119 | 57 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 121 | 2.7 | |
| Northampton | 92,441 | 1,927 | 1,157 | 20.9 | 12.6 | 1.22 | 113 | ... | 15 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 42 | 126 | 1.9 |
| Ipswich | 70,802 | 1,954 | 1,034 | 27.7 | 14.6 | 1.26 | 89 | ... | 12 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 144 | 1.7 | |
| Great Yarmouth | 52,353 | 1,433 | 824 | 27. 4 | 15.8 | 0.86 | 45 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 132 | ... |
| Norwich | 116,741 | 3,205 | 1,892 | 27.8 | 16.3 | 1.60 | 185 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 138 | 174 | 1.0 | |
| Plymouth | 116,000 | 2,966 | 1,946 | 25.6 | 16.8 | 1.44 | 165 | ... | 11 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 92 | 135 | 0.1 |
| Devonport | 76,864 | 2,227 | 1,067 | 29.1 | 13.9 | 1.05 | 81 | ... | 9 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 113 | ... |
| Bristol | 358,515 | 9,653 | 5.203 | 27.0 | 14.6 | 1.50 | 536 | ... | 180 | 38 | 56 | 121 | 12 | 129 | 122 | o.3 |
| Hanley | 64,667 | 2,167 | 1.245 | 33.6 | 19.3 | 2.80 | 180 | ... | 4 | 14 | 21 | 67 | 4 | 70 | 195 | 1.8 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 52,424 | 1,328 | 600 | 25.4 | 11.5 | 0.67 | 35 | ... | 9 | ... | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 87 | 1.5 |
| Wolverhampton | 99,456 | 2,851 | 1,488 | 28.7 | 15.0 | 2.26 | 225 | ... | 45 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 127 | 137 | 0.4 |
| Walsall | 92,998 | 2,769 | 1,311 | 29.9 | 14.1 | 1.42 | 132 | ... | 3 | 1 | 12 | ... | 6 | 110 | 141 | 0.7 |
| Handsworth | 61,721 | 1,486 | 620 | 24.1 | 10.1 | 0.63 | 40 | ... | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 80 | 2.3 |
| West Bromwich | 67,823 | 2,137 | 1,132 | 31.6 | 16.7 | 3.2I | 217 | ... | 119 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 146 | 1.9 |
| Birmingham | 542,959 | 15,857 | 8,752 | 29.3 | 16.2 | 1.90 | 1,030 | 1 | 238 | 52 | 94 | 156 | 37 | 452 | 154 | 3.5 |
| Kings Norton | 69,630 | 1,782 | 630 | 25.7 | 9.1 | 0.78 | 54 | ... | 20 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 89 | 1.7 |
| Smethwick | 62,605 | 1,910 | 831 | 30.6 | 13.3 | 1.75 | 109 | ... | 42 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 26 | 137 | 2.2 |
| Aston Manor | 81,320 | 2,129 | 1,066 | 26.3 | 13.1 | 2.02 | 164 | ... | 30 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 91 | 145 | 1.6 |
| Coventry | 75,134 | 2,147 | 1,092 | 28.7 | 14.6 | 1.49 | 113 | ... | 58 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 108 | 1.6 |
| Leicester | 228,132 | 5,888 | 3,017 | 25.9 | 13.3 | 1.62 | 368 | ... | 53 | 34 | 12 | 50 | 8 | 211 | 148 | 1.3 |
| Grimsby | 68,153 | 1,984 | 1,007 | 29.2 | 14.8 | 2.78 | 189 | ... | 5 | ... | 14 | 38 | 11 | 121 | 174 | 1.8 |
| Nottingham | 251,671 | 6,652 | 4.141 | 26.5 | 16.5 | 2.27 | 570 | 1 | 230 | 18 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 190 | 155 | 0.8 |
| Derby | 122,207 | 3,095 | 1.775 | 25.4 | 14.6 | 1.52 | 185 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 74 | 151 | ... |