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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
Kingston upon Thames 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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COST OF HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, AND RESULTS OF WORKING IN KINGSTON AND OTHER TOWNS.
| Death Rate. | Infantile Mortality. | Cases of Infectious Disease per 1,000 of pop. | Total Cost of Health Dept., including Isolation Hospital. Pence per head of population. | Salaries, Health Department. Pence per head of population. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 10.8 | Tunbridge Wells | 84 | Torquay | 1.6 | Luton | *4.4 | Burslem | 1.2 |
| Folkestone | 10.9 | Folkestone | 2.5 | 4.8 | Ashton.u. Lyne | 1.32 | |||
| Peterboro' | 11.1 | Oxford | 91 | Bath | 2.6 | ||||
| 11.4 | Peterboro' | 96 | Tunbridge Wells | 2.8 | Carlisle | *5.8 | Longton | 1.44 | |
| Luton | 101 | Eccles | 6.4 | Accrington | 1.56 | ||||
| Wimbled'n | 11.4 | Torquay | 104 | Crewe | 3.0 | Gillingham | 6.6 | Luton | 1.92 |
| Bedford | 11.5 | Folkestone | 108 | Jarrow | 3.4 | Bedford | 7.3 | Stoke-on-Trent | 2.04 |
| Crewe | 11.6 | 1- 109 | 3.5 | Darwen | 9.0 | ||||
| Tunbridge Wells | 11.8 | Wakefield | 10.2 | Dudley | 2.04 | ||||
| Gillingham | 109 | Exeter | 3.6 | Jarrow | 11.1 | Gillingh'm | 2.04 | ||
| Gillingh'm | 12.5 | Bath | 111 | Dudley | 3.8 | Stoke-on-Trent. | 11.2 | Hyde | 2.28 |
| Accrington | 12.8 | Chatham | 111 | Darwen | 4.7 | Crewe | 2.5 | ||
| Oxford | 13.2 | Maidstone | 112 | Accrington | 4.8 | Chatham | 12.4 | Macclesfield | 2.52 |
| Chatham | 13.3 | Wakefield | 118 | Longton | 5.1 | Exeter | 12.6 | ||
| Luton | 13.4 | Bedford | 119 | Peterboro' | 5.2 | Hyde | 12.8 | Leigh | 2.64 |
| Maidstone | 13.7 | Crewe | 129 | Chatham | 5.3 | Bath | 13.3 | Darlington | 2.7 |
| Darwen | 13.8 | Exeter | 130 | Wimbledon | 5.4 | Crewe | 14.0 | Darwen | 2.76 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 13.9 | Eccles | 132 | Darlington | 5.5 | Peterboro' | 14.4 | Jarrow | 2.8 |
| Macclesfield | 132 | Rochester | 5.7 | Tunbridge Wells | 14.5 | Peterboro' | 3.12 | ||
| Wakefield | 13.9 | Luton | 5.7 | Carlisle | 3.36 | ||||
| Torquay | 14.1 | Stoke-on-Trent | 133 | Eccles | 6.1 | Maidstone | 147 | Oxford | 3.36 |
| Eccles | 14.2 | Ashton-u-Lyne | 6.2 | Leigh | 16.0 | Eccles | 3.48 | ||
| Bath | 14.3 | Ealing | 135 | Southend | 16.1 | Kingston-on-Thames | 3.74 | ||
| Exeter | 14.4 | Jarrow | 135 | Burslem | 6.8 | Rochester | 19.0 | ||
| Leigh | 15.1 | Rochester | 136 | Gillingham | 7.2 | Wimbled'n | 20.4 | Folkestone | 3.76 |
| Darlington | 15.6 | Darlington | 143 | Chester | 7.4 | Ealing | 25.3 | Bedford | 3.8 |
| Carlisle. | 15.6 | Darwen | 145 | Southend | 7.9 | Chester | 27.0 | Chatham | 3.96 |
| Ealing | 15.6 | Southend | 146 | Wakefield | 7.9 | Eccles† | Wimbledor | 4.2 | |
| Southend | 16.0 | Wimbledon | 146 | Ealing | 8.0 | Dudley† | Exeter | 4.2 | |
| Dudley | 16.2 | Accrington | 147 | Stoke-on-Trent | 8.1 | Burslem† | Bath | 4.2 | |
| Burslem | 16.4 | Chester | 147 | Accrington† | Maidstone | 4.56 | |||
| Hyde | 16.7 | Carlisle | 154 | Bedford | 8.2 | Longton† | Wakefield | 4.56 | |
| Jarrow | 16.7 | Ashton-u-Lyne | 156 | Oxford | 9.3 | Folkestone‡ | Ealing | 5.4 | |
| Ashton-u.-Lyne | 16.8 | Leigh | 9.7 | Torquay‡ | Tunbridge Wells | 6.12 | |||
| Hyde | 157 | Hyde | 11.4 | Oxford‡ | |||||
| Chester. | 17.5 | Dudley | 159 | Maidstone | 11.7 | Darlington | 18.6 | Rochester | 6.12 |
| Macclesfield | 18.5 | Leigh | 164 | Macclesfield | 11.8 | Macclesfield§ | Southend | 6.36 | |
| Burslem | 166 | Chester | 6.6 | ||||||
| Longton | 20.6 | Longton | 223 | Carlisle | 14.3 | Torquay | 6.8 | ||
| *Isolation Hospital; special foundation advantages, †Using Joint Hospitals, or special difficulties in calculating cost. ‡Large and complete Hospitals; cost not given. §No particulars of Hospital. | |||||||||