Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899 page 262 263

West Ham 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899

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Table: Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1899,tabulated by the Registrar-General.

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Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1899,

tabulated by the Registrar-General.

TOWNS.	Estimated Population middle of 1899	Births.	Deaths.	Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.			Deaths from principal Zymotic Diseases.	Small-pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping-cough,	Fever.	Diarrhoea.	Deaths of Children under I year of age to 1,000 Births.	Rate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths.
TOWNS.	Estimated Population middle of 1899	Births.	Deaths.	Births.	Deaths.	Principal Zymotic Diseases.	Deaths from principal Zymotic Diseases.	Small-pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping-cough,	Fever.	Diarrhoea.	Deaths of Children under I year of age to 1,000 Births.	Rate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths.
33 Towns	11,404,408	343,294	229,731	30.2	20.2	2.81	31,992	145	5,231	1,520	4,551	4,345	2,472	13,728	181	1.2
32 Provincial Towns	6,858,656	210,174	140,042	30.7	20.5	3.02	20,764	142	3,088	1,122	2,587	2,625	1,668	9,532	190	1.6
London	4,546,752	133,120	89,689	29.4	19.8	2.48	11,228	3	2,143	398	1,964	1,720	804	4,196	167	0.6
WEST HAM	300,241	8,891	5,004	29.7	16.7	3.50	1,049	—	204	19	183	101	77	465	197	1.9
Croydon	127,759	3,204	1,916	25.1	15.0	1.56	200	—	18	3	17	40	9	113	154	—
Brighton	123,226	3,058	2,329	24.9	19.0	2.50	.307	—	1	10	61	19	24	192	173	0.4
Portsmouth	190,741	4,980	3,747	26.2	19.7	3 51	665	—	52	21	121	62	76	333	197	0.9
Plymouth	100,637	2,992	2,180	29.8	21.7	1.93	193	—	11	3	20	51	7	101	190	0.3
Bristol	320,911	9,345	5,840	29.2	18.2	1.86	595	—	41	13	33	119	34	355	158	0.6
Cardiff	185,826	5,309	2,857	28.6	15.4	2.06	382	—	11	3	61	119	19	169	184	0.7
Swansea	103,722	2,870	1,877	27.7	18.1	2.67	276	—	15	11	141	28	8	73	166	1.3
Wolverhampton	88,821	3,123	1,932	35.3	21.8	2.56	227	—	2	6	17	22	46	134	184	0.5
Birmingham	514,956	17,609	10,704	34.3	20.8	2.96	1,522	—	197	30	147	166	125	857	191	2.1
Norwich	113,266	3,290	1,953	29.1	17.3	2.40	271	—	5	18	40	46	20	142	179	0.9
Leicester	213,851	6,273	3,777	29.4	17.7	3.31	706	—	28	43	227	89	29	290	195	2.2
Nottingham	239,384	6,910	4,772	28.9	20.0	3.33	797	—	138	56	32	56	115	400	210	1.0
Derby	106,401	2,984	1,796	28.1	16.9	1.65	174	—	23	25	8	9	15	94	162	—
Birkenhead	115,162	3,437	2,201	29.9	19.2	2.65	304	—	51	7	24	88	49	85	186	0.7
Liverpool	634,212	22,490	16,686	35.6	26.4	3.77	2,383	1	319	162	212	307	199	1,183	198	3.8
Bolton	162,221	4,838	3,218	29.9	19.9	3.18	511	—	98	35	14	43	56	265	181	0.4
Manchester	543,902	17,692	13,347	32.6	24.6	3.92	2,130	—	703	45	83	227	77	995	206	0.8
Salford	218,244	7,378	5,181	33.9	23.8	4.32	940	—	211	49	75	99	77	429	209	0.7
Oldham	150,772	3,732	3,078	24.8	20.5	2.16	323	—	48	46	24	54	19	132	198	0.2
Burnley	113,081	2,848	2,214	25.3	19.6	4.35	491	—	88	76	26	74	25	202	269	1.5
Blackburn	135,154	.3,643	2,579	27.0	19.1	2.67	360	—	42	23	72	52	41	130	189	3.5
Preston	117,622	3,526	2,679	30.1	22.8	3.93	462	—	44	11	39	59	39	270	255	3.1
Huddersfield	103,464	2,374	1,671	23.0	16.2	1.79	185	—	11	6	5	57	21	85	152	2.0
Halifax	97,721	2,248	1,779	23.1	18.3	1 .50	146	—	13	26	15	22	24	46	159	3.7
Bradford	236,241	5,506	4,344	23.4	18.4	2.33	549	—	76	106	27	65	46	229	181	0.9
Leeds	423,889	12,937	8,090	30.6	19.1	2.79	1,178	—	157	64	328	161	71	397	171	2.6
Sheffield	361,169	12,446	7,980	34.6	22.2	4.39	1,583	—	220	91	406	57	85	570	194	2.9
Hull	234,270	8,003	4,508	34.3	19.3	3.66	856	141	120	39	29	144	142	341	175	2.1
Sunderland	145,613	5,184	3,119	35.7	21.5	2.50	362	—	40	36	9	56	55	166	175	1.8
Gateshead	106,552	3,890	1,997	36.6	18.8	2.09	222	—	21	93	8	46	15	119	177	0.7
Newcastle upon.Tyne	228,625	7,164	4,687	31.4	20.6	1.82	415	—	80	26	29	87	23	170	193	0.9

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Table: Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1899,tabulated by the Registrar-General.