Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
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Towns | Estimated Population middle of 1905. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. | Rate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths. | ||
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Births. | Deaths | Principal Infectious Diseases | ||||||||||||||
Stockport | 98,320 | 2,666 | 1,640 | 27.2 | 16.7 | 1.96 | 193 | ... | 19 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 10 | 119 | 168 | 0.4 |
Birkenhead | 116,035 | 3,707 | 1,782 | 32.0 | 15.4 | 1.86 | 215 | ... | 31 | 28 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 117 | 127 | 0.3 |
Wallasey | 62,460 | 1,657 | 781 | 26.6 | 12.5 | 1.08 | 67 | ... | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 98 | 1.5 |
Liverpool | 730,143 | 24,237 | 14,290 | 33.3 | 19.6 | 2.59 | 1,893 | ... | 236 | 299 | 10 | 148 | 76 | 983 | 153 | 3.4 |
Bootle | 62,758 | 2,070 | 1,139 | 33.1 | 18.2 | 2.88 | 180 | ... | 9 | 34 | 151 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 155 | 4.0 |
St. Helens | 89,843 | 3,239 | 1,528 | 36.2 | 17.1 | 2.13 | 191 | ... | 42 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 85 | 134 | 4.4 |
Wigan | 86,581 | 2,917 | i, 608 | 33.8 | 18.6 | 3.14 | 271 | ... | 58 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 35 | 145 | 164 | 0.6 |
Warrington | 68,301 | 2,2841 | 1,159 | 33.5 | 17.0 | 2.69 | 183 | ... | 66 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 81 | 147 | 5.0 |
Bolton | 178,111 | 4,446 | 2,677 | 25.0 | 15.1 | 1.94 | 344 | ... | 94 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 187 | 167 | 0.4 |
Bury | 58.594 | 1,273 | 954 | 21.8 | 16.3 | 1.26 | 73 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 147 | 1.5 |
Manchester | 631,185 | 18,543 | 11,327 | 29.5 | 18.0 | 2.25 | 1,411 | ... | 232 | 80 | 4 | 195 | 57 | 723 | 157 | 1.7 |
Salford | 231,514 | 7,079 | 3,910 | 30.7 | 16.9 | 2.57 | 591 | ... | 73 | 67 | 124 | 46 | 44 | 279 | 148 | 0.4 |
Oldham | 140,225 | 3,395 | 2.514 | 24.3 | 18.0 | 2.10 | 292 | 5 | 62 | 45 | 82 | 57 | 11 | 100 | 150 | 0.0 |
Rochdale | 86,390 | 1,880 | 1,437 | 21.8 | 16.7 | 1.25 | 108 | ... | 2 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 40 | 133 | 2.6 |
Burnley | 101,682 | 2,666 | 1,679 | 26.3 | 16.6 | 2.33 | 235 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 139 | 173 | 1.1 |
Blackburn | 133,067 | 3,193 | 2,151 | 24.1 | 16.2 | 2.01 | 267 | ... | 46 | 77 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 85 | 146 | 4.0 |
Preston | 115,721 | 3,263 | 2,067 | 28.3 | 17.9 | 3.15 | 363 | 1 | 86 | 8 | 32 | 79 | 18 | 152 | 154 | 2.8 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 60,306 | 1,826 | 877 | 30.4 | 14.6 | 1.99 | 120 | ... | 59 | 6 | 19 9 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 135 | 4.0 |
Huddersfield | 94,888 | 2,256 | 1,606 | 23.8 | 17.0 | 1.10 | 104 | ... | 5 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 119 | 0.6 |
Halifax | 108,419 | 2,072 | 1,581 | 19.2 | 14.6 | 0.98 | 106 | ... | 1 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 7 | 27 | 131 | 1.3 |
Bradford | 286,799 | 6,044 | 4,357 | 21.1 | 15.2 | 1.42 | 409 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 80 | 96 | 24 | 143 | 144 | 1.1 |
Leeds | 456,787 | 12,338 | 6,946 | 27.1 | 15.2 | 1.61 | 727 | 3 | 110 | 39 | 44 | 117 | 54 | 360 | 151 | 0.2 |
Sheffield | 440,414 | 13,070 | 7.467 | 29.8 | 17.0 | 3.20 | 1,404 | ... | 411 | 98 | 55 | 128 | 43 | 669 | 167 | 2.3 |
Rotherham | 59,794 | 1,911 | 815 | 32 .1 | 13.7 | 1.30 | 78 | ... | ... | 17 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 33 | 123 | 2.6 |
York | 82,362 | 2,298 | 1,167 | 28.0 | 14.2 | 1.41 | 115 | ... | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 129 | 0.1 |
Hull | 258,127 | 7,744 | 4,185 | 30.1 | 16.3 | 2.37 | 611 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 77 | 129 | 25 | 330 | 152 | 1.0 |
Middlesbrough | 98,369 | 3,431 | 2,056 | 35.0 | 21.0 | 2.99 | 294 | ... | 73 | 9 | 38 | 45 | 23 | 106 | 173 | 0.8 |
Stockton-on- Tees | 52,425 | 1,584 | 930 | 30.5 | 17.8 | 2.49 | 130 | ... | 73 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 150 | 0.9 |
West Hartlepool | 71,313 | 2,079 | 1,127 | 29.2 | 15.8 | 2.04 | 145 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 33 | 146 | 0.6 |
Sunderland | 152,761 | 5,238 | 2,837 | 34.4 | 18.6 | 2.24 | 340 | ... | 95 | 1 | 30 | 58 | 30 | 126 | 142 | 3.0 |
South Shields | 109,360 | 3,501 | 1,754 | 32.1 | 16.1 | 1.84 | 199 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 24 | 64 | 23 | 53 | 146 | 4.3 |
Gateshead | 120,620 | 3,938 | 1,864 | 32.7 | 15.5 | 1.66 | 200 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 4 | 82 | 138 | 6.4 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 264,511 | 8,478 | 4,432 | 32.1 | 16.8 | 1.33 | 354 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 51 | 87 | 11 | 154 | 135 | 0.6 |
Tynemouth | 53,595 | 1,775 | 1.032 | 33 .2 | 19.3 | 1.45 | 77 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 27 | 153 | 1.0 |
Newport (Mon.) | 72,880 | 2,275 | 1,146 | 31.3 | 15.8 | 1.30 | 94 | ... | 31 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 125 | 0.5 |
Cardiff | 180,054 | 5,139 | 2,398 | 28.6 | 13.4 | 1.14 | 206 | ... | 79 | 2 | 23 | 35 | 8 | 57 | 118 | 0.2 |
Rhondda | 124,988 | 4,670 | 2,375 | 37.5 | 19.1 | 2.83 | 353 | ... | 84 | 4 | 16 | 55 | 16 | 171 | 200 | 0.8 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 73,848 | 2,820 | 1,628 | 38.3 | 22.1 | 4.04 | 297 | ... | 135 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 95 | 193 | 0.3 |
Swansea | 96,384 | 3,068 | 1,601 | 31.9 | 16.7 | 1.37 | 132 | ... | 48 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 131 | 0.5 |