Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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APPENDIX. TABLE I. Gross Returns of Births and Deaths. GROSS RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Year | Population estimated to middle of each Year, | Births. | Deaths under 1 Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. (Nett Returns.) | ||||
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Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
1891 | 118,066 | 2,952 | 25.00 | 437 | 148 | 2,331 | 19.74 | 695 | 359 | 105 | 2,077 | 17.58 |
1892 | 118,962 | 2,934 | 24.66 | 435 | 147 | 2,294 | 19.28 | 610 | 305 | 120 | 2,109 | 17.72 |
1893 | 119,866 | 3,011 | 25.11 | 459 | 152 | 2,327 | 19.41 | 606 | 369 | 172 | 2,130 | 17.76 |
1894 | 120,782 | 2,834 | 23.46 | 392 | 138 | 1,918 | 15.87 | 615 | 293 | 193 | 1,818 | 15.05 |
1895 | 121,704 | 2,979 | 24.47 | 497 | 166 | 2,249 | 18.47 | 554 | 306 | 156 | 2,099 | 17.24 |
1896 | 122,644 | 3,068 | 25.01 | 499 | 162 | 2,098 | 17.10 | 672 | 316 | 160 | 1,942 | 15.83 |
1897 | 123,583 | 3,010 | 24.35 | 477 | 158 | 1,941 | 15.70 | 519 | 294 | 163 | 1,810 | 14.64 |
1898 | 124,537 | 2,965 | 23.80 | 504 | 170 | 2,186 | 17.55 | 600 | 330 | 174 | 2,030 | 16.30 |
1899 | 124,902 | 2,940 | 23.69 | 466 | 158 | 2,205 | 17.76 | 606 | 298 | 155 | 2,062 | 16.61 |
1900 | 126,477 | 2,890 | 22.85 | 461 | 159 | 2,307 | 18.24 | 708 | 401 | 155 | 2,061 | 16.29 |
Averages for Years 1891-1900 | 122,271 | 2,958 | 24.24 | 463 | 156 | 2,186 | 17.91 | 618 | 327 | 155 | 2,014 | 16.50 |
1901 | 144,188 | 3,359 | 23.29 | 484 | 144 | 2,163 | 15.00 | 652 | 324 | 218 | 2,057 | 14.26 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 persons living at all ages. (All prior to 1901, re-calculated.) Populations re-estimated on Census Returns 1901.
‡Returns for 1901 for New Borough: Other years for Old Parish.