Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The sixth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1894
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Towns. | Estimated Population middle of 1894. | 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 one year of age to 1000 Births. | Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
WOOLWICH | 41417 | 1265 | 769 | 3°.5 | 18.5 | 2.9 | 123 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 140 | ... |
West Ham | 238184 | 8067 | 3841 | 34.0 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 758 | 49 | 229 | 36 | 190 | 101 | 45 | 108 | 138 | 4.2 |
Croydon | 111921 | 2793 | 1472 | 25.0 | 13.2 | 1.5 | 172 | ... | 40 | 8 | 32 | 62 | 7 | 23 | 121 | ... |
Brighton | 118715 | 3055 | 1943 | 25.8 | 16.4 | 1.2 | 143 | ... | 36 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 138 | 1.4 |
Portsmouth | 170973 | 4709 | 2584 | 27.6 | 15.2 | 2.0 | 332 | 4 | 138 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 27 | 74 | 131 | 0.8 |
Plymouth | 87931 | 2528 | 1605 | 28.8 | 18.3 | 1.6 | 139 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 78 | 11 | 29 | 169 | 1.2 |
Bristol | 226578 | 6373 | 3900 | 28.2 | 17.3 | 2.0 | 461 | 16 | 114 | 16 | 48 | 176 | 22 | 69 | 150 | 1.3 |
Cardiff | 148890 | 5103 | 2408 | 34.4 | 16.2 | 1.9 | 288 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 69 | 123 | 8 | 68 | 141 | 2.2 |
Swansea | 95399 | 3069 | 1621 | 32.3 | 17.0 | 1.8 | 168 | ... | 26 | 23 | 10 | 77 | 21 | 20 | 163 | 1.1 |
Wolverhampton | 85036 | 2889 | 1775 | 34.1 | 20.7 | 3.2 | 274 | 5 | 72 | 53 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 64 | 166 | 0.7 |
Birmingham | 492301 | 15562 | 9125 | 31.7 | 18.6 | 2.5 | 1225 | 170 | 327 | 76 | 75 | 214 | 106 | 257 | 163 | 5.1 |
Norwich | 105645 | 3137 | 1974 | 29.8 | 18.7 | 1.5 | 159 | ... | 22 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 23 | 43 | 164 | 1.7 |
Leicester | 189136 | 5934 | 2764 | 31.5 | 14.7 | 1.9 | 365 | ... | 106 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 176 | 162 | 3.i |
Nottingham | 223584 | 6381 | 3844 | 28.6 | 17.2 | 2.3 | 520 | 3 | 134 | 51 | 18 | 118 | 62 | 134 | 174 | 1.3 |
Derby | 98796 | 2890 | 1479 | 29.3 | 15.0 | 1.6 | 160 | ... | 64 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 34 | 123 | 0.7 |
Birkenhead | 105627 | 3223 | 1902 | 30.6 | 18.1 | 2.6 | 278 | 1 | 92 | 12 | 41 | 67 | 17 | 48 | 143 | 0.5 |
Liverpool | 507230 | 17893 | 12062 | 35.4 | 23.8 | 3.4 | 1726 | 20 | 299 | 229 | 97 | 267 | 297 | 508 | 179 | 3.5 |
Bolton | 118303 | 3721 | 2217 | 31.5 | 18.8 | 1.8 | 215 | ... | 21 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 26 | 90 | 162 | 0.9 |
Manchester | 520211 | 16606 | 10592 | 32.0 | 20.4 | 2.4 | 1235 | 23 | 224 | 113 | 146 | 287 | 96 | 346 | 160 | 1.3 |
Salford | 205828 | 7041 | 43io | 34.3 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 667 | 2 | 146 | 112 | 63 | 140 | 63 | 242 | 174 | 1.8 |
Oldham | 138755 | 3762 | 2575 | 27.2 | 18.6 | 1.8 | 255 | 23 | 56 | 21 | 39 | 57 | 15 | 44 | 171 | 0.8 |
Burnley | 96478 | 3099 | 1799 | 32.2 | 18.7 | 2.5 | 237 | ... | 36 | 51 | 29 | 17 | 27 | 77 | 1.8 | |
Blackburn | 125797 | 3617 | 2244 | 28.8 | 17.9 | 1.6 | 201 | ... | 13 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 33 | 86 | 169 | 3.6 |
Preston | 111425 | 3566 | 2312 | 32.1 | 20.8 | 2.6 | 290 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 157 | 217 | 4.8 |
Huddersfield | 98511 | 1988 | 1552 | 20.2 | 15.8 | 1.4 | 142 | ... | 13 | 23 | 22 | 54 | 12 | 18 | 160 | 3.4 |
Halifax | 92861 | 2142 | 1526 | 23.1 | 16.5 | 0.9 | 81 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 135 | 4.9 |
Bradford | 223985 | 5961 | 3797 | 26.7 | 17.0 | 1.8 | 394 | 27 | 115 | 72 | 17 | 68 | 30 | 65 | 145 | 0.9 |
Leeds | 388761 | 12502 | 6927 | 32.2 | 17.9 | 2.0 | 776 | 3 | 290 | 52 | 73 | 131 | 52 | 175 | 155 | 1.0 |
Sheffield | 338316 | 11267 | 5994 | 33.4 | 17.8 | 2.3 | 765 | ... | 165 | 40 | 66 | 239 | 64 | 191 | 157 | 3.6 |
Hull | 212679 | 6868 | 3683 | 32.4 | 17.4 | 1.8 | 373 | 3 | 93 | 39 | 29 | 81 | 40 | 88 | 142 | 4.2 |
Sunderland | 136101 | 4768 | 2821 | 35.1 | 20.8 | 3.1 | 415 | ... | 116 | 25 | 9 | 70 | 82 | 113 | 167 | 1.1 |
Gateshead | 93372 | 3180 | 1644 | 34.2 | 17.7 | 2.4 | 219 | 1 | 93 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 23 | 44 | 152 | 0.9 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 201947 | 6250 | 3684 | 31.0 | 18.3 | 2.2 | 435 | ... | 96 | 29 | 32 | 154 | 47 | 97 | 157 | 1.0 |