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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 1908
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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Table No. 30—continued. ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF THE SEVENTY-SIX GREAT 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 1908. | 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. | |||||
| Middlesborough | 103.511 | 902 | 609 | 32. 5 | 21.9 | 5.73 | 210 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 77,219 | 692 | 363 | 33.4 | 17.5 | i .68 | 175 |
| Northampton | 96,405 | 507 | 283 | 19. 6 | 10.9 | 0. 32 | 93 |
| Norwich | 122,841 | 779 | 430 | 23.6 | 13.0 | 0.96 | 145 |
| Nottingham | 260,449 | 1.743 | 1,171 | 24.9 | 16.7 | 1.60 | 188 |
| Newport (Mon.) | 76.955 | 633 | 326 | 30.6 | 15.8 | 0 .69 | 136 |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 277,257 | 2,057 | 1.259 | 27.6 | 16. 9 | 0.99 | 173 |
| Oldham | 142.507 | 1,010 | 759 | 26.4 | 19.8 | 2.6o | 193 |
| Portsmouth | 211.493 | 1.589 | 804 | 28.0 | 14.2 | 1. 01 | 126 |
| Plymouth | 122,113 | 679 | 438 | 20.7 | 13.4 | 0.57 | 108 |
| Preston | 117,799 | 793 | 616 | 25. 1 | 19.5 | 2.75 | 236 |
| Rochdale | 88,821 | 532 | 458 | 22. 3 | 19.2 | 2. 82 | 226 |
| Rotherham | 63.736 | 542 | 327 | 31. 7 | 19.1 | 5.61 | 223 |
| Rhondda | 133.137 | I.405 | 569 | 39 .3 | 15.9 | 1.85 | 169 |
| Reading | 81,647 | 419 | 235 | 19.1 | 10.7 | 0.97 | 136 |
| St. Helens | 93.812 | 813 | 402 | 32.3 | 16.0 | 1.48 | 159 |
| Southampton | 122,916 | 777 | 398 | 23.7 | 12.1 | 0.78 | 106 |
| Smethwick | 68,416 | 537 | 232 | 29.2 | 12 .6 | 0.98 | 156 |
| Stockport | 102,339 | 709 | 523 | 25.8 | 19.0 | 2. 65 | 213 |
| Sal ford | 239,294 | 1.705 | 1,096 | 26.5 | 17.1 | 2.21 | 173 |
| Sheffield | 463,222 | 3.583 | 2,060 | 28.8 | 16 .6 | 2.30 | 179 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 53.160 | 419 | 238 | 29.4 | 17.4 | 1. 96 | 198 |
| Sunderland | 157.693 | 1..274 | 770 | 30. 1 | 18 .2 | 1.81 | 187 |
| South Shields | 115.535 | 835 | 460 | 26.9 | 14.8 | 1 .73 | 174 |
| Swansea | 97,810 | 839 | 463 | 31.9 | 17.6 | 0. 92 | 147 |
| Tottenham | 126,146 | 961 | 516 | 28.4 | 15. 2 | 2.22 | 137 |
| Tynemouth | 55.244 | 474 | 302 | 32.0 | 20.4 | 1.95 | 203 |
| Wallasey | 68,849 | 426 | 211 | 23. 0 | 11.4 | 0. 86 | 96 |
| Walthamstow | 131,486 | 909 | 408 | 25.7 | 11.5 | 0. 96 | 134 |
| Walsall | 97.778 | 765 | 437 | 29.1 | 16.6 | 1.74 | 196 |
| Warrington | 71,268 | 580 | 344 | 30. 3 | 18.0 | 2.98 | 160 |
| West Bromwich | 69,786 | 588 | 300 | 31.4 | 16.0 | 2 .08 | 173 |
| West Ham | 315,000 | 2,269 | 1,191 | 26.8 | 14.1 | 2.15 | 131 |
| West Hartlepool | 77.573 | 500 | 249 | 24. 0 | 12. 0 | 0 .97 | 152 |
| Wigan | 89 636 | 726 | 450 | 30.2 | 18.7 | 2.20 | 183 |
| Willesden | 154.792 | 962 | 430 | 23.2 | 10. 3 | 1.27 | 123 |
| Wolverhampton | 103.318 | 692 | 421 | 24.9 | 15. 2 | 1. 37 | 155 |
| York | 85,861 | 533 | 275 | 23.1 | 11.9 | 1.31 | 128 |