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 Woolwich]
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Towns. | Estima'ed Population middle of 1895. | Birth?. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1000 Births. | Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
WOOLWICH | 42768 | 1323 | 771 | 30.9 | 18.0 | 1.9 | 85 | ... | 6 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 158 | ... | |
West Ham | 249473 | 8541 | 4447 | 34.3 | 17.9 | 3.2 | 805 | 10 | 227 | 45 | 192 | 57 | 65 | 209 | 168 | 2.7 |
Croydon | 114923 | 2896 | 1658 | 25.3 | 14.4 | 1.3 | 151 | ... | 19 | 4 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 64 | 134 | ... |
Brighton | 119604 | 3057 | 2252 | 25.6 | 18.9 | 1.8 | 209 | ... | 26 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 14 | 104 | 164 | 1.6 |
Portsmouth | 174751 | 4868 | 3108 | 27.9 | 17.8 | 2.1 | 371 | ... | 39 | 7 | 19 | 63 | 35 | 208 | 175 | 0.8 |
Plymouth | 89096 | 2551 | 1787 | 28.7 | 20.1 | 1.9 | 171 | ... | 77 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 47 | 178 | 0.3 |
Bristol | 228139 | 6579 | 4109 | 28.9 | 18.1 | 1.3 | 295 | ... | 8 | 16 | 34 | 45 | 21 | 171 | 143 | 1.1 |
Cardiff | 155637 | 5321 | 2826 | 34.3 | 18.2 | 2.4 | 377 | ... | 47 | 8 | 56 | 52 | 15 | 199 | 179 | 1.0 |
Swansea | 97008 | 3231 | 1767 | 33.4 | 18.3 | 1.7 | 163 | ... | 46 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 178 | 1.1 |
Wolverhampton | 85780 | 3027 | 2086 | 35.4 | 24.4 | 4.2 | 362 | ... | 41 | 33 | 84 | 53 | 17 | 134 | 218 | |
Birmingham | 496751 | 16026 | 10048 | 32.4 | 20.3 | 2.7 | 1321 | 8 | 136 | 127 | 183 | 171 | 81 | 615 | 183 | 4.8 |
Norwich | 107127 | 3398 | 2066 | 31.8 | 19.3 | 2.7 | 291 | ... | 27 | 10 | 53 | 26 | 156 | 190 | 1.6 | |
Leicester | 193839 | 5954 | 3333 | 30.8 | 17.2 | 3.0 | 577 | ... | 32 | 16 | 35 | 85 | 39 | 370 | 203 | 3.1 |
Nottingham | 226658 | 6718 | 4299 | 29.7 | 19.0 | 2.2 | 505 | ... | 1 | 51 | 10 | 31 | 54 | 358 | 190 | 1.3 |
Derby | 100272 | 2909 | 1670 | 29.1 | 16.7 | 2.0 | 195 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 127 | 161 | 0.5 |
Bikenhead | 107469 | 3288 | 2093 | 30.7 | 19.5 | 2 .4 | 252 | ... | 3 | 16 | 45 | 41 | 42 | 105 | 174 | 1.1 |
Liverpool | 503967 | 18525 | 14469 | 36.9 | 28.8 | 4.0 | 2016 | 359 | 144 | 120 | 372 | 187 | 821 | 210 | 3.0 | |
Bolton | 119337 | 3921 | 2852 | 32.9 | 24.0 | 4.5 | 530 | 1 | 124 | 23 | 16 | 67 | 53 | 246 | 212 | 0.3 |
Manchester | 524865 | 17624 | 13205 | 33.7 | 25.2 | 3.7 | 1950 | 2 | 509 | 169 | 108 | 250 | 99 | 813 | 203 | 1.2 |
Salford | 208253 | 7454 | 5327 | 35.9 | 25.6 | 5.0 | 1031 | ... | 213 | 97 | 62 | 88 | 438 | 231 | 2.3 | |
Oldham | 141079 | 3873 | 3091 | 27.5 | 22.0 | 2.8 | 393 | 22 | 98 | 15 | 26 | 54 | 26 | 152 | 190 | 3.2 |
Burnley | 99591 | 3189 | 2322 | 32.1 | 23.4 | 3.9 | 385 | ... | 25 | 22 | 43 | 54 | 30 | 211 | 242 | |
Blackburn | 127615 | 3899 | 3093 | 30.6 | 24.3 | 5.6 | 716 | ... | 323 | 8 | 9 | 75 | 29 | 272 | 236 | 2.8 |
Preston | 112638 | 3753 | 2684 | 33.4 | 23.9 | 3.8 | 423 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 22 | 291 | 248 | 3.6 |
Huddersfield | 99482 | 2150 | 1675 | 21.7 | 16.9 | 1.2 | 119 | ... | 12 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 47 | 158 | 3.3 |
Halifax | 93813 | 2193 | 1805 | 23.4 | 19.3 | 1.3 | 122 | ... | 9 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 55 | 158 | |
Bradford | 226384 | 5890 | 4482 | 26.1 | 19.9 | 2.5 | 566 | ... | 18 | 25 | 20 | 106 | 40 | 357 | 203 | 1.0 |
Leeds | 395546 | 12479 | 8083 | 31.6 | 20.5 | 2.7 | 1062 | ... | 134 | 51 | 65 | 112 | 82 | 618 | 191 | 0.6 |
Sheffield | 342768 | 11913 | 6994 | 34.9 | 20.5 | 3.2 | 1085 | ... | 187 | 33 | 52 | 71 | 97 | 645 | 197 | 3.1 |
Hull | 216722 | 7392 | 4504 | 34.2 | 20.8 | 3.3 | 718 | ... | r9 | 39 | 37 | 44 | 48 | 531 | 205 | 4.0 |
Sunderland | 137705 | 4819 | 2992 | 35.1 | 21.8 | 3.5 | 481 | ... | 9 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 132 | 258 | 189 | 1.2 |
Gateshead | 95871 | 3306 | 1872 | 34.6 | 19.6 | 2.6 | 251 | ... | 28 | 14 | 19 | 62 | 15 | 113 | 186 | 0.8 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 207021 | 6437 | 4229 | 31.2 | 20.5 | 2.5 | 520 | ... | 141 | 22 | 52 | 59 | 48 | 198 | 186 | 1.1 |