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 Tottenham District]
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(Extracted from the Registrar General's Annual Summary).
Town | *Estimated population to middle of 1914 | Births | Deaths | Annual Rate per 1,000 living | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births | Deaths | ||||
Tottenham | 146,141 | 3,794 | 1,675 | 25.9 | 11.4 |
West Ham | 294,476 | 8,936 | 4,367 | 33.4 | 14.9 |
Brighton | 133,186 | 2,346 | 1,771 | 17.6 | 13.3 |
Portsmouth | 241,748 | 5,714 | 3,051 | 23.6 | 12.6 |
Southampton | 122,577 | 2,942 | 1,701 | 24.0 | 13.8 |
Norwich | 123,377 | 2,509 | 1,690 | 20.3 | 13.6 |
Plymouth | 113,134 | 2,646 | 1,929 | 23.3 | 17.0 |
Birmingham | 860,591 | 23,268 | 12,889 | 27.0 | 14.9 |
Nottingham | 264,970 | 6,192 | 4,042 | 23.3 | 15.2 |
Birkenhead | 135,789 | 3,777 | 2,061 | 27.7 | 15.1 |
Liverpool | 763,926 | 23,141 | 14,848 | 30.1 | 19.4 |
Bolton | 184,026 | 4,071 | 2,673 | 22.1 | 14.5 |
Manchester | 731,830 | 18,917 | 12,222 | 23.1 | 16.7 |
Salford | 233,970 | 6,236 | 3,864 | 26.6 | 16.5 |
Oldham | 150,055 | 3,479 | 2,663 | 23.1 | 17.7 |
Blackburn | 134,015 | 2,803 | 1,957 | 20.9 | 14.6 |
Preston | 118,118 | 2,817 | 1,849 | 23.8 | 15.6 |
Bradford | 290,642 | 5,704 | 4,524 | 19.6 | 15.5 |
Sheffield | 472,234 | 12,962 | 7,717 | 27.4 | 16.3 |
Hull | 287,472 | 7,928 | 4,403 | 27.5 | 15.3 |
Sunderland | 152,436 | 4,941 | 2,575 | 32.4 | 16.8 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 271,523 | 7,564 | 4,623 | 27.8 | 17.0 |
Dublin | 406,000 | 10,926 | 8,456 | 26.1 | 20.8 |
Belfast | 399,000 | 11,109 | 7,527 | 27.8 | 18.9 |
97 Great Towns | 17,980,576 | 447,783 | 263,656 | 24.9 | 14.6 |
*The population as given in the Registrar General's
Annual Summary differs considerably from that given in
preceding Returns for 1914, but the information was
received too late for the general purposes of this Report.