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Greenwich 1896

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1897

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Table No. 9.— Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns dining the Year 1896.

Towns.Estimated Population middle of '96.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 Disease.
33 Towns10,846,971339,115208,53430.718.92.8631,550257,8392,4064,2026,2452,0738,7601671.5
32 Provincial Towns6,425,016203,319125,02331.119.12.6717,450164,1421,4641,5193,3081,4645,5371722.1
London4,421,955135,79683,51130.218.63.1414,10093,6979422,6832,9376093,2231610.6
West Ham261,2978,6584,26832.616.13.00797411755187158612151653.7
Croydon118,0063,0091,70625.114.21.94233..67529621852150..
Brighton120,4993,0221,97524.716.11.63199..556193214731351.7
Portsmouth178,6395,0063,00927.616.62.11383..125202059271321540.7
Plymouth90,2762,6431,79628.819.62.30210..95313176761780.5
Bristol230,6236,4653,96127.616.91.904445143593761181211421.2
Cardiff162,6905,5912,78433.816.82.273763382862105131271651.3
Swansea98,6453,0611,68930.516.81.18118264105615251611.1
Wolverhampton86,5303,0231,75534.420.03.11274..9215331361241841.3
Birmingham501,24116,60310,60032.620.83.571,823..3071482703781076131975.0
Norwich108,6303,4001,91930.817.42.33257..117424921821641.6
Leicester198,6596,2123,37630.816.72.97599..121506451402731872.7
Nottingham229,7756,7584,08728.917.52.47575..205261390791621681.4
Derby101,7702,9011,61928.015.71.91197..3411105421671510.4
Birkenhead109,3433.5272,13331719.22.97330..11532225926761771.0
Liverpool632,51222,41614,61734.922.73.011,938..306227157294206748l733.4
Bolton120,3803,8312,53631.320.72.80344..64014102481341680.3
Manchester529,56117,78712,18433.022.63.421,834..570197813601225041761.3
Salford210,7077,4804,84834.922.64.10879..20210449189712641992.1
Oldham143,4423,9712,95527.220.32.91425..16756355323911840.3
Burnley102,8053,2451,83031.017.52.19229..634482813731701.4
Blackburn129,4593,6492,35127.717.91.82238..419104734971712.7
Preston113,8643,7762,4033262081.86217..431243261292034.3
Huddersfield100,4632,0961,68220.516.51.60163..2819215513271662.5
Halifax94,7752,3371,66924.317.31.10105..16..213320151491.7
Bradford220,8095,9393,84025.510.51.583691107241710428881430.8
Leeds402,44912,5747,67030.718.82.2893711997149246872841690.6
Sheffield347,27812,0116,79734.019.32.911,024..200102562051013601733.5
Hull220,8447,1714,24531.918.93.32745..2605751113622021732.8
Sunderland140,3864,8732,82834.219.83.00428..14327876531211580.9
Gateshead98,4363,5831,91035.819.13.10310..13726183522721720.9
Newcastle-on-Tyne212,2236,7013,98131.118.52.08450..1392639103331101650.5