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 Woolwich]
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Towns. | Estimated Population middle of 1898. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1000 Births. | Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
WOOLWICH | 41478 | 1253 | 870 | 30.2 | 20.9 | 3.5 | 174 | ... | 53 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 33 | 39 | 175 | ... |
West Ham | 286654 | 8749 | 4406 | 30.6 | 15.4 | 2.68 | 765 | ... | 91 | 23 | 180 | 119 | 72 | 280 | 170 | 2.4 |
Croydon | 124421 | 3146 | 1723 | 25.4 | 13.9 | 1.99 | 248 | ... | 34 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 142 | 150 | ... |
Brighton | 122310 | 3024 | 2062 | 24.8 | 16.9 | 2.36 | 288 | ... | 82 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 139 | 180 | 0.5 |
Portsmouth | 186618 | 4974 | 3033 | 26.7 | 16.3 | 2.l6 | 402 | ... | 69 | 32 | 55 | 43 | 43 | 160 | 156 | 1.0 |
Plymouth | 99136 | 2935 | 1932 | 29.7 | 19.5 | 2.15 | 212 | ... | 70 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 94 | 170 | 0.6 |
Bristol | 316900 | 9055 | 5437 | 28.6 | 17.2 | 2.69 | 852 | ... | 307 | 14 | 44 | 115 | 25 | 347 | 164 | 0.7 |
Cardiff | 177770 | 5520 | 2627 | 31.1 | 14.8 | 2.24 | 396 | ... | 50 | 8 | 129 | 43 | 17 | 149 | 158 | 0.7 |
Swansea | 102001 | 2941 | 1889 | 28.9 | 18.6 | 3.21 | 326 | ... | 88 | 11 | 124 | 40 | 13 | 50 | 184 | 1.5 |
Wolverhampton | 88051 | 3140 | 1868 | 35.8 | 21.3 | 3.19 | 280 | ... | 19 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 20 | 171 | 200 | 1.1 |
Birmingham | 510343 | 17316 | 10179 | 34.0 | 20.0 | 2.78 | 1417 | ... | 181 | 46 | 131 | 251 | 114 | 694 | 191 | 2.9 |
Norwich | 111699 | 3329 | 2112 | 29.9 | 19.0 | 3.26 | 363 | ... | 75 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 45 | 169 | 192 | 0.8 |
Leicester | 208662 | 6156 | 3522 | 29.6 | 16.9 | 3.35 | 697 | ... | 214 | 44 | 62 | 19 | 30 | 328 | 191 | 2.4 |
Nottingham | 236137 | 6800 | 4160 | 28.9 | 17.7 | 2.37 | 558 | ... | 104 | 34 | 24 | 58 | 56 | 282 | 178 | 0.8 |
Derby | 104834 | 2861 | 1759 | 27.4 | 16.8 | 2.26 | 235 | ... | 53 | 20 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 97 | 169 | ... |
Birkenhead | 113189 | 3429 | I969 | 30.4 | 17.4 | 2.53 | 285 | ... | 30 | 32 | 49 | 8 | 38 | 128 | 186 | 0.8 |
Liverpool | 633645 | 22224 | ISI53 | 35.2 | 24.0 | 3.22 | 2034 | ... | 276 | 143 | 147 | 326 | 166 | 974 | 184 | 3.4 |
Bolton | 122495 | 3776 | 2368 | 30.9 | 19.4 | 2.93 | 358 | ... | 31 | 23 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 213 | 168 | 0.3 |
Manchester | 539079 | 17591 | I 1766 | 32.7 | 21.9 | 3.11 | 1673 | ... | 271 | 65 | 53 | 170 | 125 | 989 | 197 | 0.8 |
Salford | 215702 | 7475 | 4884 | 34.7 | 22.7 | 4.03 | 867 | ... | 99 | 62 | 32 | 130 | 80 | 464 | 212 | 1.0 |
Oldham | 148288 | 3748 | 2600 | 25.3 | 17.6 | 2.15 | 319 | ... | 85 | 24 | 10 | 65 | 22 | 113 | 175 | 0.1 |
Burnley | 109546 | 2964 | I78l | 27.1 | 16.3 | 2.04 | 224 | ... | 8 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 146 | 195 | 1.7 |
Blackburn | 133228 | 3595 | 2451 | 27.1 | 18.4 | 2.57 | 342 | ... | 50 | 16 | 31 | 5 | 32 | 208 | 206 | 3.3 |
Preston | 116356 | 3596 | 2245 | 31.0 | 19.3 | 3.07 | 356 | ... | 2 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 43 | 238 | 225 | 2.9 |
Huddersfield | 102454 | 2295 | 1627 | 22.5 | 15.9 | 1.61 | 164 | ... | 32 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 88 | 153 | 2.2 |
Halifax | 96729 | 2210 | 1724 | 22.9 | 17.9 | 2.15 | 207 | ... | 70 | 14 | 8 | 35 | 18 | 62 | 163 | 2.7 |
Bradford | 233737 | 5594 | 4102 | 24.0 | 17.6 | 2.12 | 493 | ... | 104 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 49 | 244 | 185 | 1.2 |
Leeds | 416618 | 12968 | 7983 | 31.2 | 19.2 | 3.12 | 1295 | ... | 191 | 119 | 223 | 161 | 92 | 507 | 182 | 0.4 |
Sheffield | 356478 | 12044 | 7197 | 33.9 | 20.2 | 3.82 | 1358 | ... | 175 | 56 | 94 | 219 | 142 | 672 | 195 | 2.3 |
Hull | 229887 | 7666 | 4209 | 33.4 | l8.4 | 2.99 | 686 | ... | 92 | 28 | 17 | 68 | 58 | 423 | 182 | 1.4 |
Sunderland | 143849 | 5077 | 3247 | 35.4 | 22.6 | 3.69 | 532 | 2 | 85 | 32 | 9 | 68 | 69 | 267 | 202 | 0.7 |
Gateshead | 103775 | 3679 | 2133 | 35.5 | 20.6 | 3.10 | 320 | 3 | 51 | 19 | 10 | 66 | 18 | 154 | 208 | 0.3 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 227021 | 7041 | 4764 | 31.4 | 21.4 | 2.82 | 634 | 3 | 126 | 25 | 30 | 139 | 67 | 244 | 190 | 0.7 |