Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Towns, | Estimated Population middle of 1911. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Kate per 1,000 Living | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under two years of age) | i Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. | Kate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths. | |
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Births. | Deaths | |||||||||||||
77 Towns | 16,157,797 | 412,723 | 249,385 | 25.6 | 15.5 | 12 | 7,563 | 1,025 | 2,443 | 3,839 | 983 | 21,120 | 0.8 | |
76 Provincial Towns | 11,635,169 | 299,928 | 181,559 | 25.8 | 15.6 | 3 | 4,993 | 853 | 1,831 | 2,801 | 839 | 15,807 | 145 | 1.0 |
London | 4,522,628 | 112,795 | 67,826 | 24.8 | 9 | 172 | 612 | 5,313 | 128 | |||||
Croydon | 170,451 | 3,760 | 2,012 | — | 30 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 4 | 198 | 106 | — | ||
Willesden | 155,253 | 3,864 | 25.0 | — | 50 | 12 | 86 | 1 | 128 | 0.2 | ||||
Hornsey | 84,916 | 1,453 | 805 | 17.2 | 9.5 | — | 20 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 153 | 80 | — | |
Tottenham | 138,326 | 3,78I | 27.4 | 13.1 | — | 74 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 513 | 125 | 0.1 | |
West Ham | 289,646 | 4,554 | 30.0 | 15.8 | — | 229 | 7 | 49 | 67 | 8 | 197 | 144 | 0.1 | |
Kast Ham | 134,441 | 3,448 | 1,628 | 25.7 | 12.1 | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 108 | 121 | 0.1 | |
I.eyton | 125,382 | 3,061 | 1,512 | 24.5 | 12.1 | — | 76 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 115 | 109 | 0.1 |
Walthamstcw | 125,334 | 3,106 | 1,451 | 24.8 | 11.6 | — | 32 | 4 | 30 | 4 | — | 38 | 110 | 0.1 |
Hastings | 61,036 | 953 | 827 | 15.7 | 13 .6 | — | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 89 | 105 | 0.4 |
Brighton | 131,444 | 2,583 | 19.7 | — | 7 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 26 | 276 | 98 | — | ||
Portsmouth | 232,221 | 5,787 | 3,255 | 25.0 | 14.1 | — | 28 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 126 | 0.6 |
Bournemouth | 79,150 | 901 | 15.2 | 11.4 | — | 19 | — | 22 | 18 | 3 | 154 | 102 | 0.3 | |
Southampton | 119,394 | 2,850 | 23.9 | 15.2 | — | 10 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 39 | 134 | — | |
Reading | 75,289 | 889 | 11.8 | — | 9 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 101 | 99 | 2.5 | ||
Northampton | 90,152 | 1,926 | 21.4 | 13.2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 128 | 0.8 | |
Ipswich | 74,122 | 921 | 23.9 | 12.5 | — | — | — | 2 | 16 | 2 | 61 | 101 | — | |
Great Yarmouth | 55,920 | 1,357 | 799 | 24.3 | 14.3 | — | 24 | — | 20 | 40 | 8 | 107 | 123 | — |
Norwich | 2,716 | 1,717 | 22.4 | 14.1 | — | 43 | 25 | 16 | 53 | 7 | 114 | 135 | 0.3 | |
Plymouth | 2,607 | 1,919 | 23.3 | 17.2 | _ | 90 | — | 18 | 5 | 13 | 145 | — | ||
Devonport | 81,975 | 2,101 | 25.7 | 13.4 | — | 105 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 344 | 114 | — | |
Bristol | 357,509 | 7,756 | 5,389 | 21.8 | 15.1 | — | 164 | 15 | 89 | 143 | 26 | 614 | 141 | 0.1 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 235,049 | 7,383 | 4,663 | 31.5 | 19.9 | — | 93 | 62 | — | 72 | — | 43 | 202 | 1.7 |
Burton-on-Trent | 48,222 | 636 | 22.1 | 13.2 | — | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 136 | 107 | |||
Wolverhampton | 95,362 | 2,399 | 25.2 | 15.8 | — | 66 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 167 | 135 | 0.1 | ||
Walsall | 92,273 | 2,650 | 1,94 | 28.8 | 16 .2 | — | 21 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 160 | 0.3 | |
Handsworth | 69,010 | 1,442 | 708 | 20.9 | — | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 101 | 1.1 | ||
West Bromwich | 68,424 | 2,038 | 29.9 | 15.8 | — | 31 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 881 | 138 | ||
Birmingham | 526,030 | 14,749 | 8,800 | 28.1 | 16.8 | 1 | 18 | 63 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 63 | 164 | 3.5 |
King's Norton | 81,764 | 1,805 | 741 | 22.1 | — | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | — | 87 | 101 | 2.2 | |
Smethwick | 71,085 | 1,011 | 27.5 | 14.3 | — | 3 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 157 | 141 | 0.7 | ||
Aston Manor | 74,985 | 2,026 | 27.1 | 15.5 | — | 65 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 78 | 167 | 0.3 | |
Coventry | 107,287 | 2,886 | 27.0 | — | 70 | 31 | 20 | 202 | 107 | 2.1 | ||||
Leicester | 227,634 | 5,160 | 3.018 | 22.7 | — | 34 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 151 | 132 | 0.9 | ||
Grimsby | 74,951 | 2,142 | 28.7 | 14.4 | — | 96 | 1 | 31 | 40 | 28 | 410 | 154 | 1.6 | |
Nottingham | 260,447 | 6,367 | 4,171 | 16.1 | — | 2 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 84 | 162 | 0.4 | ||
Derby | 123,648 | 2,945 | 1,766 | 23.9 | 14.3 | — | 123 | — |