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 1907
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Table No. 19. ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF THE SEVENTY-SIXGREAT TOWNS, each of which, as at present constituted, contained more than 50,000 Inhabitants at the Census of 1901.
Towns. | Population estimated to the middle of 1907. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | |||||
LONDON | 4,758,218 | 122,205 | 69,268 | 25.8 | 14 .6 | 1.41 | 115 |
Aston Manor | 83,266 | 2,11O | 1,075 | 25.4 | 13.0 | I.48 | 125 |
Birkenhead | 118,553 | 3.694 | 1,817 | 31. 2 | 15.4 | 1.95 | 110 |
Bournemouth | 69,246 | 1,197 | 829 | 17.6 | 12.0 | 0. 23 | 83 |
Birmingham | 553.155 | 15.623 | 8,925 | 28.3 | 16.2 | 1.78 | 147 |
Blackburn | 134,980 | 3.336 | 2,277 | 24.8 | 16.9 | 1.34 | 153 |
Bolton | 182,917 | 4.455 | 3.063 | 24.4 | 16. 8 | 2.49 | 146 |
Bootle | 67,114 | 2,171 | 1,123 | 32.4 | l6.8 | 1.90 | 123 |
Bradford | 290,323 | 5.777 | 4.271 | 20.0 | 14. 8 | 0.89 | 124 |
Brighton | 129,023 | 2,710 | 1.895 | 21. 1 | 14. 7 | 0. 84 | 113 |
Bristol | 367.979 | 8,924 | 4.833 | 24.3 | 13.2 | 0.79 | 100 |
Burnley | 103.947 | 2,953 | 1.823 | 28.5 | 17.6 | 1. 42 | 158 |
Burton-on-Trent | 53.425 | 1,297 | 665 | 24. 3 | 12.5 | 1.17 | 97 |
Bury | 58,901 | 1.337 | 938 | 22.8 | 16.0 | 1.15 | 136 |
Barrow-in- Furness | 61,635 | 1.791 | 840 | 29.1 | 13.7 | 1. 55 | 115 |
Cardiff | 187,620 | 4,865 | 2,804 | 26.0 | 15.0 | 1. 90 | 131 |
Croydon | 154.342 | 3.955 | 1,909 | 25.7 | 12.4 | 0 .89 | 94 |
Coventry | 77,626 | 2.557 | 1,146 | 33.0 | 14.8 | 1. 02 | 104 |
Derby | 125.774 | 3.152 | 1,798 | 25.1 | 14.3 | 1 .60 | 121 |
Devonport | 79.959 | 2.175 | 1,050 | 27.3 | 13. 2 | 1. 17 | 107 |
East Ham | 136,421 | 3.580 | 1,521 | 26 .3 | 11.2 | 1. 82 | 108 |
Great Yarmouth | 52,879 | 1.338 | 786 | 25 4 | 14 9 | 1 03 | 128 |
Grimsby | 70.574 | 2,104 | 1,138 | 29. 9 | 16.2 | 2. 23 | 153 |
Gateshead | 125.783 | 3.851 | 1,936 | 30.7 | 15.4 | 1.57 | 136 |
Handsworth | 65.929 | 1.509 | 688 | 23.0 | 10 5 | 090 | IOI |
Hanley | 67.174 | 2,168 | 1,248 | 32.4 | 18.6 | 2.40 | 160 |
Halifax | 110,138 | 1,913 | 1,574 | 17. 4 | 14.3 | 0.68 | 103 |
Hastings | 67.477 | 1,120 | 858 | 16. 6 | 12.8 | 0.48 | 79 |
Hornsey | 89,816 | 1.519 | 771 | 17.0 | 8. 6 | 0.55 | 77 |
Huddersfield | 94.814 | 2,189 | 1,602 | 23.2 | 0.77 | 97 | |
Hull | 266,762 | 7,666 | 4.2S9 | 28.8 | 16.1 | 1. 77 | 127 |
Ipswich | 72,825 | 1,848 | 1,086 | 26.4 | 15.0 | 1.15 | 106 |
Kings Norton | 75,600 | 1,846 | 772 | 24.5 | 10. 2 | 0.76 | 103 |
Leeds | 470,268 | 11,677 | 7.173 | 24.9 | 15. 3 | 1 .26 | 130 |
Leicester | 236,124 | 5,458 | 2,983 | 23.2 | 12.7 | 0. 90 | 131 |
Liverpool | 746,144 | 23,654 | 14.138 | 31 .8 | 19.0 | 2.01 | 144 |
Leyton | 122,040 | 3,169 | 1,365 | 26. 0 | 11.2 | 1. 66 | 92 |
Manchester | 643,148 | 18,434 | 11,539 | 28.7 | 18.1 | 1. 72 | 146 |