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Wandsworth 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Table: Death-Rate from all causes and Diphtheria.TABLE LI.

Death-Rate from all causes and Diphtheria.

TABLE LI.

System of Sewer ventilation.Name of Authority.Death-Rate from all Causes, 1901.Diphtheria Death-Rate.
(1). No VentilatorsBristol16.0.38
Burton-on-Trent14.1.30
(2). Surface Ventilators onlyHuddersfield16.7.06
Grimsby16.4.58
Portsmouth17.9.38
Bradford16.8.12
West Bromwich17.4.08
Hands worth....
Cardiff15.8.47
Devonport16.8.36
Northampton14.6.10
Halifax16.4.17
Warrington19.4.11
Salford21.7.63
Smethwick15.7.09
Bury16.8.19
Sunderland21.4.21
(3). Surface Ventilalators and Ventilating ShaftsBrighton16.5.52
Birmingham20.5.16
Handley21.11.59
Southampton16.7.09
Liverpool22.3.27
Bootle18.6.14
Kingston-on-Hill18.6.18
Wallasey14.9.17
Plymouth17.9.11
Blackburn19.5.51
South Shields20.6.14
St. Helens20.2.40
Newport17.2.38
Reading14.3.08
Sheffield20.4.63
Nottingham18.5.12
Birkenhead18.7.25
Newcastle-on-Tyne21.9.16
Stockport19.5.15
Croydon12.9.16
Coventry17.1.44
York16.8.04
Rochdale18.4.18
Burnley19.0.41
Manchester22.1.24
Bolton18.2.16
West Hartlepool16.7.11
Wolverhampton16.9.13
Oldham19.6.09
Swansea18.6.19
Middlesborough21.6.24
Derby15.2.19
Leicester15.9.73
(4). Ventilating Shafts onlyBournemouth11.8.21
Hastings13.6.09
Great Yarmouth18.3.76
Norwich18.7.27
King's Norton....
Wigan24.4.23
Merthyr Tydvil26.0.58
WANDSWORTH13.56.17