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Woolwich 1899

The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899

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TABLE IX.

Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics in Woolwich and32Provincial Towns during the Year1899.

Towns.Estimated Population middle of 1899.DeathsDeaths.Annual Rate per 1000 Living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. *Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric and Typhoid Fever.Diarrhoea.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1000 Births.Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases. *
WOOLWICH41542126090230.321.02-44103...13421126471673.2
West Ham3002418891500429716.73.501049...20419183101774651971.0
Croydon1277593204191625.115.01.56200...18317409113154...
Brighton1232263058232924.919.02.50307...1106119241921730.4
Portsmouth1907414980374726.219.73.51665...5221121...763331970.9
Plymouth1006372992218029.821.71.93193....113205171011900.3
Bristol3209119345584020.218.21.86595...411333119343551580.6
Cardiff1858265309285728.615.42.06382...11361119191691840.7
Swansea1037222870187727.718.12.67276...1511141288731661.3
Wolverhampton888213!23193235.321.82'.56227...261722461341840.'5
Birmingham514956176091070434.'320.82.961522...197301471661258571912.1
Norwich1132663290195329.117 .32.40271...5184046201421790.9
Leicester2138516273377729.417.73.31706...284322789292901952.2
Nottingham2393846910477228 .920.03.33797...1385632561154002101.0
Derby1064012984179628.116.91.65174...2325891594162...
Birkenhead1151623437220129.919.22.65304...517248849851860.7
Liverpool634212224901668635.626.43.772383131916221230719911831980.8
Bolton1622214838321829.9I9.93.18511...98351443562651810.4
Manchester543902176921334732.624.63.'922130...7034583227779952060.8
Salford2182447378518133.923.84.32940...211497599774292090.7
Oldham1507723732307824.820.52.l6323...48462454191321980.2
Burnley1130812848221425.319.64.35491...88762674252022691.5
Blackburn1351543643257927.019.12.67360...42237252411301893.5
Preston1176223526267930.122'.83.'93462...44113959392702553.i
Huddersfield1034642374167123.016.21.79185...11655721851522.0
Halifax977212248177923.118.31.50146...1326152224461593.7
Bradford2362415506434423.418.42.33540...761062765462291810.9
Leeds42388912937809030.619.12.791178...15764328161713971712.6
Sheffield36116912446798034.622.24.391583...2209146057855701942.9
Hull2342708003450834.319.33.66856141120392914414234i1752.1
Sunderland14561!35184311935.721.52.50362...4036956551661751.8
Gateshead1065523890199736.618.82.09222...2193846151191770.7
Newcastle-on-Tyne2286257164468731'.420.'61..82413...80262987231701930.9

See footnote page 3.