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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The following table, giving the net death rate for England and Wales and for the 77 Great Towns for the year 1910 has been taken from the quarterly returns of the Registrar.General.
The position of East Ham is fourth on the list.
| Death Rate per 1,000. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 13.4 | ||
| 77 Great Towns | 13.4 | ||
| Hornsey | 77 | South Shields | 13.6 |
| Kings Norton | 8.0 | Birmingham | 13.7 |
| Handsworth | 8.4 | Leeds | 13.7 |
| EAST HAM | 8.5 | Portsmouth | 13.8 |
| Walthamstow | 9.1 | Newcastle.on.Tyne | 13.9 |
| Willesden | 9.1 | Bradford | 14.0 |
| Ley ton | 9.3 | Grimsby | 14.0 |
| Reading | 9.9 | Blackburn | 14.2 |
| Aston Manor | 10.8 | Brighton | 14.2 |
| Croydon | 10.9 | Coventry | 14.2 |
| Smethwick | 10.9 | Nottingham | 14.2 |
| Derby | 11.1 | Barrow in Furness | 14.3 |
| Burton.on.Trent | 11.3 | Great Yarmouth | 14.4 |
| Leicester | 11.3 | St. Helens | 14.5 |
| Northampton | 11.4 | Warrington | 14.5 |
| Tottenham | 11.4 | Bootle | 14.7 |
| Bristol | 11.5 | Bury | 14.7 |
| West Hartlepool | 11.5 | Rochdale | 14.9 |
| Devonport | 11.6 | Salford | 15.1 |
| Bournemouth | 11.7 | Dewsbury | 15.2 |
| Southampton | 11.7 | Wigan | 15.2 |
| West Ham | 11.7 | Hull | 15.2 |
| York | 11.8 | Stockton.on.Tees | 15.2 |
| Cardiff | 11.9 | Rhondda | 15.6 |
| Walsall | 12.0 | Stockport | 15.7 |
| Hastings | 12.5 | Sunderland | 15.9 |
| Norwich | 12.5 | Manchester | 16.0 |
| Wallasey | 12.5 | Birkenhead | l6.2 |
| Wolverhampton | 12.5 | Preston | 16.2 |