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 1918
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TABLE I. (A)
Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1918 and the ten Previous Years.
Names of Localities. | The Whole Borough. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | |||||||||||||||
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1year | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under1year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages | Deaths under1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1year. |
a. | b. | c. | d. | a. | b. | c. | d. | a. | b. | c. | d. | a. | b. | c. | d. | a. | b. | c. | ||
1908 | 126,867 | 2,559 | 1,845 | 207 | 33,683 | 460 | 419 | 55 | 36,177 | 588 | 506 | 77 | 37,628 | 1,107 | 675 | 105 | 19,439 | 404 | 245 | 26 |
1909 | 126,027 | 2,534 | 1,849 | 259 | 33,460 | 674 | 424 | 59 | 35,878 | 502 | 461 | 49 | 37,379 | 1,041 | 681 | 123 | 19,310 | 317 | 283 | 28 |
1910 | 125,195 | 2,556 | 1,607 | 252 | 33,239 | 716 | 355 | 59 | 35,641 | 432 | 417 | 48 | 37,133 | 1,016 | 582 | 115 | 19,182 | 392 | 253 | 31 |
1911 | 117,844 | 2,375 | 1,818 | 261 | 29,392 | 502 | 400 | 40 | 32,025 | 485 | 440 | 49 | 36,425 | 1,041 | 690 | 137 | 20,002 | 347 | 288 | 35 |
1912 | 116,135 | 2,246 | 1,635 | 209 | 28,971 | 452 | 379 | 45 | 31,566 | 453 | 411 | 30 | 35,903 | 971 | 588 | 108 | 19,715 | 370 | 257 | 26 |
1913 | 114,532 | 2,146 | 1,627 | 195 | 28,567 | 388 | 343 | 30 | 31,124 | 400 | 367 | 34 | 35,402 | 998 | 652 | 110 | 19,439 | 3(50 | 265 | 21 |
1914 | 112,892 | 2,128 | 1,605 | 210 | 28,158 | 435 | 317 | 36 | 30,678 | 418 | 388 | 33 | 34,895 | 937 | 630 | 113 | 19,161 | 338 | 270 | 28 |
1915 | 100,260 | 1,852 | 1,697 | 178 | 25,002 | 367 | 341 | 21 | 27,342 | 337 | 422 | 35 | 30,901 | 801 | 639 | 94 | 17,015 | 347 | 295 | 28 |
1916* | 98,573 | 1,814 | 1,588 | 188 | 24,540 | 392 | 337 | 32 | 26,892 | 353 | 400 | 40 | 30,403 | 755 | 574 | 88 | 16,738 | 314 | 277 | 28 |
1917 | 92,796 | 1,506 | 1,580 | 182 | 23,089 | 332 | 275 | 28 | 25,334 | 248 | 416 | 41 | 28,621 | 618 | 614 | 87 | 15,752 | 308 | 275 | 26 |
Averagesof Years1908 to1917 | 113,112 | 2,171 | 1,685 | 220 | 28,808 | 472 | 360 | 40 | 31,265 | 421 | 422 | 43 | 34,464 | 928 | 633 | 109 | 18,575 | 350 | 270 | 28 |
1918 | 98,526 | 1,375 | 1,835 | 152 | 24,528 | 311 | 366 | 30 | 26,880 | 257 | 429 | 45 | 30,391 | 522 | 708 | 58 | 16,727 | 285 | 332 | 19 |
"'The Christ Church and St. John Registration Sub-Districts were amalgamated and re-named Northern Sub-District on the 1st April, 1916,
but for the purposes of District comparison over previous years the figures have been allocated to the old Sub-Districts.