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Greenwich 1895

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1896

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Table No. 10.—Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns during the Tear, 1895.

Towns.Estimated Population middle of 95.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1000 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 Towns10,591,530330,896218,16531.320.72.829,9571205,6231,8833,7353,8882,11512,5931821.5
32 Provincial Towns6,199,184197,181131,22831.921.23.018,413652,9911,0541,4192,4051,4868,9931932.2
London4,392,346133,71586,93730.519.82.611,544552,6328292,3161,4836293,6001660.7
West Ham249,4738,5414,44734.317.93.2805102274519257652091682.7
Croydon114,9232,8961,65825.314.41.3151..19422281464134..
Brighton119,6043,0572,25225.618.91.8209..2651842141041640.6
Portsmouth174,7514,8683,10827.917.82.1371..3971963352081750.8
Plymouth89,0962,5511,78728.120.11.9171..77210287471780.3
Bristol228,1396,5794,10928.918.11.3295..8163445211711431.1
Cardiff155,6375,3212,82634.318.22.4377..4785652151991791.0
Swansea97,0083,2311.76733.418.31.7163..465122020601781.1
Wolverhampton85,7803,0272,08635.424.44.2362..41338453171342180.6
Birmingham496,75116,02610,04832.420.32.71,3218136127183171816151834.8
Norwich107,1273,3982,06631.819.32.7291..27101953261561901.6
Leicester193,8395,9543,33330.817.23.0577..32163585393702033.1
Nottingham226,6586,7184,29929.719.02.2505..1511031543581901.3
Derby100,2722,9091,67029.116.72.0195878621181271610.5
Birkenhead107,4693,2882,09330.719.52.4252..3164541421051741.1
Liverpool503,96718,52514,46936.928.84.02,016133591441203721878212103.0
Bolton119,3373,9212,85232.924.04.55301124231667532462120.3
Manchester524,86517,62413,20533.725.23.71,9502509169108250998132031.2
Salford208,2537,1545,32735.925.65.01,031..2139762133884382312.3
Oldham141,0793,8733,09127.522.02.83932298152654261521903.2
Burnley99,5913,1892,32232.123.43.9383..25224354302112421.9
Blackburn127,6153,8993,09330.624.35.6716..3238975292722362.8
Preston112,6383,7532,68433.423.93.84231474850222912483.6
Huddersfield99,4822,1501,67521.716.91.2119..121915206471583.3
Halifax93,8132,1931,80523.419.31.3122..95142316551582.0
Bradford226,3845,8904.48226.119.92.5566..182520106403572031.0
Leeds395,54612,4798,08331.620.52.71,062..1345165112826181910.6
Sheffield342,76811,9136,99434.620.53.21,085..187335271976451973.1
Hull216,7227,3924,50434.220.83.3718..19393744485312054.0
Sunderland137,7054,8192,99235.121.83.5481..9118631322581891.2
Gateshead95,8713,3061,81234.619.62.6251..28141962151131860.8
Newcastle-on-Tyne207,0216,4374,22931.220.52.5520..141225259481981861.1