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 1909
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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 1909. | 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 | 4,833,938 | 116,539 | 67,632 | 24.2 | 14.0 | 1.31 | 108 |
Aston Manor | 85,257 | 2,016 | 1,106 | 23.7 | 13.0 | 1.75 | 124 |
Birkenhead | 121,123 | 3,732 | 1,926 | 30.9 | 15.9 | 1.17 | 123 |
Bournemouth | 72,368 | 1,205 | 921 | 16.7 | 12.8 | 0.55 | 100 |
Birmingham | 563,629 | 14,977 | 8,667 | 26.6 | 15.4 | 2.03 | 134 |
Blackburn | 136,959 | 3,128 | 2,222 | 22.9 | 16.3 | 1.49 | 126 |
Bolton | 187,284 | 4,634 | 2,832 | 24.7 | 15.1 | 1.13 | 128 |
Bootle | 69,393 | 2,115 | 1,172 | 30.6 | 16.9 | 2.26 | 122 |
Bradford | 293,983 | 5,507 | 4,251 | 18.8 | 14.5 | 0.68 | 116 |
Brighton | 130,926 | 2,675 | 1,994 | 20.5 | 15.3 | 0.65 | 96 |
Bristol | 377,642 | 8,503 | 4,785 | 22.6 | 12.7 | 0.87 | 100 |
Burnley | 106,267 | 2,660 | 1,704 | 25.1 | 16.1 | 1. 30 | 1.56 |
Burton-on-Trent | 54,453 | 1,203 | 651 | 22. 2 | 12.0 | 0.47 | 102 |
Bury | 59,234 | 1,227 | 958 | 20. 8 | 16.2 | 1.12 | 130 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 62,996 | 1,641 | 766 | 26.1 | 12.2 | 0.66 | 81 |
Cardiff | 96,303 | 5,025 | 2,558 | 25.8 | 13.1 | 0. 85 | 103 |
Coventry | 80,163 | 2,601 | 1,283 | 32.5 | 16.0 | 1.88 | 97 |
Croydon | 161,078 | 3,915 | 1,880 | 24.4 | 11.7 | 0.67 | 80 |
Derby | 129,411 | 3,213 | 1,724 | 24.9 | 13.4 | 1.26 | 123 |
Devonport | 83,103 | 2,163 | 961 | 26.1 | 11.6 | 1.16 | 96 |
East Ham | 149,575 | 3,520 | 1,471 | 23.6 | 9.9 | 1.10 | 100 |
Great Yarmouth | 53,430 | 1,356 | 935 | 25.4 | 17.5 | 1.39 | 125 |
Grimsby | 73,036 | 2,194 | 970 | 30.1 | 13.3 | 1.09 | 118 |
Gateshead | 113,024 | 3,755 | 1,655 | 28.7 | 12.7 | 0.91 | 112 |
Handsworth | 70,186 | 1,437 | 688 | 20.5 | 9.8 | 0.97 | 85 |
Hanley | 68,381 | 2,139 | 1,244 | 31.2 | 18.1 | 2.43 | 155 |
Halifax | 111,911 | 1,840 | 1,547 | 16.5 | 13.9 | 0.77 | 97 |
Hastings | 68,165 | 1,028 | 848 | 15.1 | 12.5 | 0.33 | 79 |
Hornsey | 95,628 | 1,456 | 793 | 15.3 | 8.3 | 0.46 | 61 |
Huddersfield | 94,739 | 2,318 | 1,540 | 24.5 | 16.3 | 1.04 | 95 |
Hull | 275,552 | 8,077 | 4,106 | 29.4 | 14.9 | 1.38 | 117 |
Ipswich | 74,889 | 1,795 | 988 | 24.0 | 13.2 | 0.73 | 92 |
Kings Norton | 81,632 | 1,868 | 795 | 22.9 | 9.8 | 1.02 | 72 |
Leeds | 484,012 | 11,004 | 6,784 | 22.8 | 14.1 | 0.80 | 122 |
Leicester | 244,255 | 5,343 | 3,139 | 21. 9 | 12.9 | 1.22 | 127 |
Liverpool | 760,357 | 23,586 | 14,436 | 31.1 | 19.0 | 2.11 | 144 |
Leyton | 129,614 | 3,116 | 1,325 | 24.1 | 10.3 | 0.93 | 82 |
Manchester | 655,435 | 18,197 | 11,710 | 27.8 | 17.9 | 1.81 | 134 |