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Woolwich 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE IX.

Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Woolwich and32Provincial Towns during the Year1898.

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.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
WOOLWICH41478125387030.220.93.5174...53520243339175...
West Ham2866548749440630.615.42.68765...9123180119722801702.4
Croydon1244213146172325.413.91.99248...349173511142150...
Brighton1223103024206224.816.92.36288...8272121181391800.5
Portsmouth1866184974303326.716.32.l6402...69325543431601561.0
Plymouth991362935193229.719.52.15212...70410286941700.6
Bristol3169009055543728.617.22.69852...3071444115253471640.7
Cardiff1777705520262731.114.82.24396...50812943171491580.7
Swansea1020012941188928.918.63.21326...88111244013501841.5
Wolverhampton880513140186835.821.33.19280...1923389201712001.1
Birmingham510343173161017934.020.02.781417...181461312511146941912.9
Norwich1116993329211229.919.03.26363...75231437451691920.8
Leicester2086626156352229.616.93.35697...214446219303281912.4
Nottingham2361376800416028.917.72.37558...104342458562821780.8
Derby1048342861175927.416.82.26235...53209282897169...
Birkenhead1131893429I96930.417.42.53285...3032498381281860.8
Liverpool63364522224ISI5335.224.03.222034...2761431473261669741843.4
Bolton1224953776236830.919.42.93358...3123845382131680.3
Manchester53907917591I 176632.721.93.111673...27165531701259891970.8
Salford2157027475488434.722.74.03867...996232130804642121.0
Oldham1482883748260025.317.62.15319...85241065221131750.1
Burnley1095462964I78l27.116.32.04224...86307271461951.7
Blackburn1332283595245127.118.42.57342...5016315322082063.3
Preston1163563596224531.019.33.07356...24861432382252.9
Huddersfield1024542295162722.515.91.61164...3210131110881532.2
Halifax967292210172422.917.92.15207...701483518621632.7
Bradford2337375594410224.017.62.12493...104111768492441851.2
Leeds41661812968798331.219.23.121295...191119223161925071820.4
Sheffield35647812044719733.920.23.821358...17556942191426721952.3
Hull2298877666420933.4l8.42.99686...92281768584231821.4
Sunderland1438495077324735.422.63.6953228532968692672020.7
Gateshead1037753679213335.520.63.10320351191066181542080.3
Newcastle-on-Tyne2270217041476431.421.42.8263431262530139672441900.7