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West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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T able XXXIX.

Comparative statistics of other areas.

Name of townPopulation as estimated by the Registrar-General. mid-1937Per 1,000 populationComparability factor (a.c.f.)Adjusted death rateTuberculosis Death rate per 1,000 populationInfantile nortalty rateMaternal mortality (per 1,000 total births)
Birth rateCrude death rateFrom sepsisFrom other causesTotal
PulmonaryOther forms
Birmingham1,043,00016.3011.701.1012.900.720.08600.742 222.96
Bradford289,51013.8514.741.0014.740.650.12700.951.672.92
Bristol415,10014.4611.440.9811.210.670.13461.122.413.53
Cardiff220,20015.4012.601.0613.300.820.17650.852.823.67
Croydon242,30013.5011.560.9611.080.560.08600.303.283.57
Hull319,40018.2012.601.1013.800.920.20770.831.652.48
Leeds491,80014.8013.361.0714.300.720.11670.791.452.24
Leicester262,90014.4812.461.0212.710.820.14631.270.001.27
Liverpool867,11019.2913.211.1515.190.790.13820.581.732.31
London4,094,50013.4412.521.0212.770.710.09600.811.412.22
Manchester751,37114.3113.521.1415.410.880.15761.342.854.19
Newcastle290,40016.5013.301.1315.030.930.19911.003.214.21
Nottingham278,80015.9613.441.0313.840.840.15800.871.952.82
Plymouth210.46014.6013.060.9812.790.690.07462.193.135.32
Portsmouth256,20014.8811.500.9911.380.550.07440.001.51.1.51
Salford201,80015.1014.601.1817.230.880.13840.943.474.41
Sheffield518,20015.3712.531.1314.160.690.11551.571.813.37
Stoke-on-Trent272,80016.7013.101.2216.000.800.14810.843.754.59
Sunderland182,90019.7014.001.1215.700.800.23851.062.393.45
West Ham259,50016.1012.001.1513.800.780.09620.460.691.15