Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The fifth annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1893
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TABLE IX.
Comparative Analysis of Births, Deaths, etc., in Woolwich and 32 Provincial Towns during the year 1893.
Towns. | Estimated Population middle of 1823. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Bate 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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1 Births. | Deatha. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
WOOLWICH | 41854 | 1312 | 848 | 31.3 | 19.7 | 2.9 | 124 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 33 | 160 | .. |
West Ham | 227405 | 8083 | 4288 | 35.6 | 18.9 | 4.4 | 768 | 55 | 36 | 80 | 95 | 154 | 68 | 280 | 170 | 4.5 |
Croydon | 108997 | 2852 | 1772 | 26.2 | 16.3 | 2.2 | 240 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 85 | 27 | 12 | 84 | 155 | .. |
Brighton | 117833 | 2981 | 2165 | 25.4 | 18.4 | 1.8 | 217 | .. | 13 | 12 | 33 | 56 | 15 | 88 | 169 | 2.7 |
Portsmouth | 167277 | 4709 | 3039 | 28.2 | 18.2 | 2.8 | 469 | .. | 113 | 33 | 29 | 37 | 52 | 205 | 164 | 0.8 |
Plymouth | 86781 | 2590 | 1839 | 29.9 | 21.2 | 2.8 | 240 | .. | 85 | 22 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 63 | 169 | 0.5 |
Bristol | 225028 | 6814 | 4249 | 30.4 | 18.9 | 1.7 | 371 | 17 | 25 | 35 | 49 | 77 | 25 | 143 | 141 | 1.6 |
Cardiff | 142435 | 5121 | 2796 | 36.1 | 19.7 | 3.3 | 469 | .. | 100 | 39 | 98 | 40 | 27 | 165 | 179 | 1.0 |
Swansea | 93810 | 3285 | 1836 | 35.1 | 19.6 | 1.8 | 172 | .. | 17 | 33 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 68 | 170 | 2.0 |
Wolverhampton | 84298 | 2902 | 1956 | 34.5 | 23.3 | 2.8 | 239 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 154 | 208 | 1.0 |
Birmingham | 487891 | 15916 | 10693 | 32.7 | 22.0 | 3 0 | 1481 | 71 | 50 | 68 | 63 | 320 | 98 | 811 | 198 | 4.9 |
Norwich | 104184 | 3210 | 2003 | 30.9 | 19.3 | 3.1 | 317 | .. | 61 | 20 | 23 | 66 | 37 | 110 | 195 | 1.1 |
Leicester | 184547 | 6006 | 3083 | 32.6 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 727 | 15 | 52 | 80 | 20 | 113 | 46 | 401 | 220 | 3.7 |
Nottingham | 220551 | 6642 | 4061 | 30 2 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 577 | 4 | 25 | 81 | 15 | 59 | 69 | 324 | 170 | 1.7 |
Derby | 97341 | 3123 | 1771 | 32.2 | 18.2 | 2.1 | 201 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 44 | 22 | 90 | 156 | 0.8 |
Birkenhead | 103817 | 3431 | 2127 | 33.1 | 20.5 | 2.8 | 292 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 69 | 27 | 152 | 196 | 1.1 |
Liverpool | 510514 | 18322 | 13919 | 36.0 | 27.3 | 3.9 | 1987 | 9 | 273 | 231 | 63 | 279 | 269 | 863 | 211 | 3.7 |
Bolton | 117278 | 3874 | 2821 | 33.1 | 24.1 | 4.7 | 544 | 7 | 166 | 34 | 12 | 77 | 36 | 212 | 199 | 0.8 |
Manchester | 515598 | 17268 | 12801 | 33.6 | 24.9 | 3.7 | 1911 | 48 | 296 | 138 | 165 | 241 | 129 | 894 | 203 | 1.3 |
Salford | 203431 | 7047 | 4880 | 34.7 | 24.1 | 4.1 | 839 | 22 | 92 | 41 | 58 | 99 | 100 | 427 | 210 | 3.3 |
Oldham | 136469 | 3896 | 2860 | 28.6 | 21.0 | 2.5 | 338 | 65 | 29 | 16 | 18 | 55 | 26 | 129 | 187 | 1.1 |
Burnley | 93462 | 3161 | 2039 | 33.9 | 21.9 | 3.8 | 354 | 6 | 27 | 51 | 14 | 34 | 28 | 194 | 223 | 1.4 |
Blackburn | 124005 | 3822 | 2879 | 30.9 | 23.3 | 4.1 | 504 | 7 | 144 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 30 | 283 | 241 | 3.4 |
Preston | 110225 | 3855 | 2899 | 35.1 | 26.4 | 6.0 | 661 | .. | 179 | 27 | 14 | 47 | 51 | 343 | 269 | 3.8 |
Huddersfield | 97549 | 2313 | 1673 | 23.8 | 17.2 | 1.2 | 121 | .. | 23 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 141 | 2.9 |
Halifax | 91918 | 2253 | 1591 | 24.6 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 157 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 46 | 173 | 4.3 |
Bradford | 221011 | 6132 | 4632 | 27.7 | 21.0 | 3.4 | 757 | 115 | 69 | 70 | 23 | 110 | 49 | 321 | 197 | 1.5 |
Leeds | 382093 | 12349 | 8493 | 32 4 | 22.3 | 3.5 | 1322 | 20 | 341 | 31 | 62 | 116 | 110 | 592 | 206 | 1.0 |
Sheffield | 333922 | 11591 | 7428 | 34.8 | 22.3 | 3.5 | 1172 | 5 | 176 | 90 | 61 | 128 | 90 | 622 | 191 | 3.9 |
Hull | 208709 | 7125 | 4545 | 34.2 | 21.8 | 4.1 | 862 | 8 | 128 | 33 | 22 | 80 | 99 | 492 | 206 | 3.3 |
Sunderland | 134515 | 4771 | 3022 | 35.6 | 22.5 | 3.4 | 451 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 24 | 131 | 237 | 188 | 0.9 |
Gateshead | 90938 | 3309 | 1750 | 36.5 | 19.3 | 3.5 | 314 | 2 | 71 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 21 | 139 | 170 | 2.5 |
Newcastle-on-Tvne | 196997 | 6624 | 4126 | 33.7 | 21 0 | 2.5 | 500 | .. | 212 | 23 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 175 | 174 | 0.9 |