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 Croydon]
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Name of Town | Population as estimated by the Registrar General Mid-1936 | Comparability Factor | Per 1,000 Population | Death Rate as adjusted by Factor | Rates per 1,000 Population from : | Infantile Mortality Rate | Maternal Mortality (per 1,000 Total Births) | ||||||||||||
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Birth Rate | Crude Death Rate | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Typhoid and Paratyphoid | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Influenza | Tuberculosis | From Sepsis | From Other Causes | Total | ||||||
Pulmonary | Other Forms | ||||||||||||||||||
1. CROYDON | 241,739 | 13.4 | - | 10.7 | - | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.55 | 0.08 | 41 | 1.48 | 2.08 | 3.56 | |
2. PORTSMOUTH | 251,400 | 0.99 | 15.56 | 11.81 | 11.69 | — | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.68 | 0.13 | 49 | 0.73 | 1.47 | 2.21 |
3. LEICESTER | 261,800 | 1.02 | 14.46 | 11.57 | 11.80 | — | — | — | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.78 | 0.11 | 58 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
4. BRISTOL | 413,900 | 0.98 | 14.24 | 12.27 | 12.02 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.71 | 0.10 | 48 | 1.46 | 1.64 | 3.10 |
5. SHEFFIELD | 518,200 | 1.13 | 15.21 | 10.81 | 12.22 | — | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.58 | 0.10 | 59 | 1.34 | 2.56 | 3.90 |
6. PLYMOUTH | 206,400 | 0.98 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 12.25 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.60 | 0.13 | 56 | 1.57 | 1.25 | 2.82 |
7. BIRMINGHAM | 1,038,000 | 1.10 | 15.8 | 11.3 | 12.4 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.71 | 0.07 | 62 | 1.47 | 2.06 | 3.53 |
8. LONDON | 4,141,100 | 1.02 | 13.59 | 12.35 | 12.60 | — | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.69 | 0.09 | 66 | 0.72 | 1.14 | 1.86 |
9. WEST HAM | 265,800 | 1.15 | 15.7 | 11.6 | 13.3 | — | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 70 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
10. CARDIFF | 221,500 | 1.06 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 13.3 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.87 | 0.18 | 55 | 2.60 | 1.15 | 3.75 |
11. NOTTINGHAM | 279,400 | 1.03 | 15.20 | 13.21 | 13.61 | — | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.83 | 0.10 | 89 | 1.13 | 3.38 | 4.51 |
12. HULL | 321,500 | 1.10 | 18.4 | 12.7 | 14.0 | — | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.39 | — | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.79 | 0.16 | 65 | 1.30 | 1.95 | 3.25 |
13. SUNDERLAND | 184,179 | 1.12 | 19.6 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 0.78 | 0.13 | 72 | 1.38 | 2.22 | 3.60 |
14. LEEDS | 489,800 | 1.07 | 14.99 | 13.61 | 14.56 | — | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.07 | — | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.71 | 0.13 | 65 | 1.30 | 1.83 | 3.13 |
15. NEWCASTLE | 290,400 | 1.13 | 15.6 | 13.1 | 14.8 | — | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.90 | 0.14 | 90 | 2.12 | 3.81 | 5.92 |
16. LIVERPOOL | 867,110 | 1.15 | 20.07 | 12.90 | 14.83 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.82 | 0.14 | 75 | 1.10 | 2.43 | 3.53 |
17. BRADFORD | 290,500 | 1.00 | 13.42 | 14.92 | 14.92 | — | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.52 | 0.14 | 82 | 1.46 | 3.18 | 4.64 |
18. Stoke-on-Trent | 273,100 | 1.22 | 16.8 | 12.4 | 15.1 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.73 | 0.12 | 74 | 1.03 | 2.28 | 3.31 |
19. MANCHESTER | 759,058 | 1.14 | 14.71 | 13.50 | 15.39 | — | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.87 | 0.14 | 77 | 1.69 | 3.29 | 4.98 |
20. SALFORD | 206,000 | 1.18 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | - | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.15 | - | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.98 | 0.14 | 90 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 |