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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 1909
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. | ||||||
| Middlesborough | 105,255 | 3,344 | 2,004 | 31.9 | 19.1 | 2.48 | 158 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 78,365 | 2,787 | 1,383 | 35.7 | 17.7 | 1. 68 | 143 | |
| Northampton | 97,752 | 1, 957 | 1,296 | 20.1 | 13.3 | 0.76 | 110 | |
| Norwich | 124,136 | 3,004 | 1,717 | 24.3 | 13.9 | 1.54 | 119 | |
| Nottingham | 263,443 | 6,745 | 4,277 | 25.7 | 16.3 | 1.67 | 150 | |
| Newport (Mon.) | 78,336 | 2,480 | 1,193 | 31.7 | 15.3 | 1.51 | 115 | |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 281,584 | 7,677 | 4,166 | 27.3 | 14.8 | 1.22 | 119 | |
| Oldham | 143,301 | 3,912 | 2,727 | 27.4 | 19.1 | 1.09 | 119 | |
| Portsmouth | 214,726 | 5,820 | 3,045 | 27.2 | 14.2 | 1.42 | 96 | |
| Plymouth | 124,180 | 2,772 | 1,799 | 22.4 | 14.5 | 1.20 | 131 | |
| Preston | 118,519 | 3,034 | 1,871 | 25.7 | 15.8 | 1.30 | 136 | |
| Rochdale | 89,653 | 2,034 | 1,448 | 22.7 | 16.2 | 0.68 | 104 | |
| Rotherham | 65,070 | 2,048 | 859 | 31.6 | 13.2 | 1.21 | 116 | |
| Rhondda | 135,894 | 5,577 | 2,214 | 41 .2 | 16.3 | 1.91 | 129 | |
| Reading | 82,995 | 1,733 | 953 | 20.9 | 11.5 | 0.91 | 95 | |
| St. Helens | 95,161 | 3,050 | 1,765 | 32.1 | 18.6 | 3.66 | 150 | |
| Southampton | 124,667 | 2,938 | 1,660 | 23.6 | 13.4 | 1.05 | 106 | |
| Smethwick | 70,377 | 1,989 | 898 | 28.3 | I2.8 | 2.01 | 113 | |
| Stockport | 103,706 | 2,729 | 1,702 | 26.4 | 16.5 | 1.40 | 132 | |
| Salford | 241,950 | 6,724 | 4,342 | 27.9 | 18.0 | 2.45 | 141 | |
| Sheffield | 470,958 | 13,236 | 7,077 | 28.2 | 15.1 | 1.78 | 118 | |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 53,417 | 1,411 | 742 | 26.5 | 13.9 | 1.19 | 120 | |
| Sunderland | 159,378 | 4,659 | 2,693 | 29.3 | 16.9 | 1. 98 | 135 | |
| South Shields | 117,627 | 3,397 | 1,174 | 29.0 | 15.1 | 1.37 | 137 | |
| Swansea | 98,308 | 3.235 | 1,902 | 33.0 | 19.4 | 2.15 | 159 | |
| Tottenham | I29,464 | 3,792 | 1,485 | 29.4 | 11.5 | 0.74 | 89 | |
| Tynemouth | 55,808 | 1,867 | 964 | 33.5 | 17.3 | 1.46 | 129 | |
| Wallasey | 71,004 | 1,824 | 905 | 25.8 | 12. 8 | 0.92 | 83 | |
| Walthamstow | 136,602 | 3,291 | 1,306 | 24.2 | 9.6 | 0.96 | 91 | |
| Walsall | 99,399 | 2,773 | 1,442 | 28.0 | 14.5 | 1.73 | 139 | |
| Warrington | 72,276 | 2,257 | 1,232 | 31. 3 | 17.1 | 3. 02 | 130 | |
| West Bromwich | 70,457 | 2,134 | 1,073 | 30.4 | 15.3 | 1.95 | 123 | |
| West Ham | 321,767 | 8,744 | 4,504 | 27.2 | 14.0 | 2.24 | 124 | |
| West Hartlepool | 79,686 | 1,906 | 941 | 24.0 | 11.8 | 1.67 | 113 | |
| Wigan | 90,678 | 2,852 | 1,723 | 31.5 | 19.1 | 2.60 | 173 | |
| Willesden | 160,424 | 4,039 | 1,670 | 25.2 | 10.4 | 1.08 | 97 | |
| Wolverhampton | 104,633 | 2,484 | 1,666 | 23.8 | 16.0 | 2.30 | 138 | |
| York | 87,004 | 2,069 | 989 | 23.8 | 11.4 | 0.55 | 99 | |