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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: Table V. Showing the Estimated Populations, Densities and Death Ratesof the 33 Great Towns, arranged in order of Density.

Table V. Showing the Estimated Populations, Densities and Death Ratesof the 33 Great Towns, arranged in order of Density.

Districts.Estimated Populations, 1899.Density (Persons to an Acre).Death Rates.Area in Acres.
All Causes.Zymotic Diseases.
Huddersfield103,4648.716.21 7911,852
Halifax97,72111.518.31.508,530
Croydon127,75914.215.01.569.012
Norwich113,26615.017.32.407,558
Sheffield361.16918.422.24.3919,651
Blackburn135,15419.419.12.676,974
Leeds423,88919.619.12 7921,572
Swansea103,72220.418.12.675 087
Nottingham239,?8421.820.03.3310,935
Bradford236,24121.918.42.3310,791
Leicester213,85124. 917.73.318,586
Wolverhampton88,82125.221.82.563,525
Hull234.27026.019.33.668,226
Bristol320,91127.51821 864,461
Burnley113,08128.81964.353,923
Preston117,62228.822.83.934 089
Cardiff185,82630.615.42.066,064
Derby106.40130.816.91.653.400
Oldham150,77231.920.52. 164,730
Birkenhead115,16233.019.22.653,849
Gateshead106,55234.018.82.093,138
Birmingham514,95640.520.82.9612,705
Portsmouth190,74140.919.73.514,820
Manchester543,90242.124.63.9212 911
Salford218,24442 223.84.325,171
Newcastle228,62542.620.61825,371
Plymouth100,63743.921.71.931,540
Sunderland145,61344.221.52.502,868
Liverpool634,21247-926 43 776,552
Brighton123,22648.719.02.502,529
London4,546,75260.919.32.4674.672
West Ham300,24163.816.73.504,706
Bolton..162,22168 819.93.182,357
Islington348,731112.018 O2.213,109