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Greenwich 1897

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1898

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Table No. 8.- Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty - three of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1837.

Towns.Estimated Population middle of '97.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1,000 living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births.Rate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
33 Towns10,992,524336,740209,41230·719·12·8731,479186,0491,9673,4174,4531,95813,6171771·3
32 Provincial Towns6,529,355203,122128,46931·219·73·0619,95424,1201,1871,1562,6111,3659,5131891·7
London4,463,169133,61880,94330·018·22·5811,525161,9297802,2611,8425934,1041590·6
West Ham273,6828,7794,27332·215·72·62714..1403010199482961722·7
Croydon121,1713,0151,57925·013·11·43173..1712831996135..
Brighton121,4012,9861,82324·715·11·64198..17121225221101440·8
Portsmouth182,5854,8972,95126·916·22·53462..35112864432811680·4
Plymouth97,6582,7731,85528·519·02·17213..49513538851850·3
Bristol232,2426,4303,98427·817·21·834251571835116471511490·9
Cardiff170,0635,2792,53431·114·92·19372..75179034211351510·9
Swansea100,3092,9391,58329·415·81·36136..451011427211401·2
Wolverhampton87,2873,0541,91935·122·54·22367..46215438241842170·6
Birmingham505,77216,80310,88933·321·63·881,958..39893147221921,0072143·2
Norwich110,1543,3542,06230·518·82·21243..3111047321401941·5
Leicester203,5996,2063,58630·617·73·13637..14717382393582052·4
Nottingham232,9346,7174,36328·918·82·81652..483621113493852061·1
Derby103,2912,7921,65127·116·01·91197..171092226113168..
Birkenhead111,2493,5072,02631·618·32·45272..55232632271091641·1
Liverpool633,07822,28915,38435·324·43·832,412..3402061263511681,2212003·4
Bolton121,4333,9422,66032·522·04·02486..21523641251761860·2
Manchester534,29917,70812,30633·223·13·812,032..629124473001008321951·2
Salford213,1907,4545,08335·123·95·501,168..4736132112664262191·8
Oldham145,8453,7932,78926·119·22·61378..97201177201531830·2
Burnley106,1223,1512,06529·819·53·98420..14156063191322201·5
Blackburn131,3303,6252,55427·719·53·45453..1467882381722062·2
Preston115,1033,6592,79631·924·45·64648..3185430352562623·2
Huddersfield101,4542,3661,65923416·41·50150..2732202115351312·8
Halifax95,7472,1501,57422·516·51·39134..48219916311402·5
Bradford231,2605,6794,02424·617·52·22510..8191543313311791·2
Leeds409,47212,9118,11831·619·92·801,140..163946796806401900·6
Sheffield351,84812,0717,43834·421·23·491,222..19590441421106411982·8
Hull225,0457,4854,16633·318·63·25731124613256565011811·6
Sunderland142,1074,9052,79234·619·72·56363..6311477381701651·0
Gateshead101,0703,6121,84235·818·32·33234..5017831201081720·7
Newcastle-on -Tyne217,5556,7914,14131·319·12·09452..74212561342171780·9