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 West Ham]
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Analysis of Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three
TOWNS. | Estimated Population middle of 1896. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||
33 Towns | 10,846,971 | 339,115 | 208,534 | 30.7 | 18.9 | 2.86 |
32 Provincial Towns | 6,425,016 | 203,319 | 125,023 | 31.1 | 19.1 | 2.67 |
London | 4,421,955 | 135,796 | 83,511 | 30.2 | 18.6 | 3.14 |
WEST HAM | 240,000 | 8,519 | 4,395 | 35.5 | 189 | 3.9 |
Croydon | 118,006 | 3,009 | 1,706 | 25.1 | 14.2 | 1.94 |
Brighton | 120,499 | 3,022 | 1,975 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 1.63 |
Portsmouth | 178,639 | 5,006 | 3,009 | 87.6 | 16.6 | 2.11 |
Plymouth | 90,276 | 2,643 | 1,796 | 28.8 | 19.6 | 2.30 |
Bristol | 230,623 | 6,465 | 3,961 | 27.6 | 16.9 | 1.90 |
Cardiff | 162,690 | 5,591 | 2,784 | 33.8 | 16.8 | 2.27 |
Swansea | 98,645 | 3,061 | 1,689 | 30.5 | 16.8 | 1.18 |
Wolverhampton | 86,530 | 3,023 | 1,775 | 34.4 | 20.0 | 3.11 |
Birmingham | 501,241 | 16,603 | 10.600 | 32.6 | 20.8 | 3.57 |
Norwich | 108,630 | 3,400 | 1,919 | 30.8 | 17.4 | 2.53 |
Leicester | 198,659 | 6,212 | 3,376 | 30.8 | 16.7 | 2.97 |
Nottingham | 229,775 | 6,758 | 4,087 | 28.9 | 17.5 | 2.47 |
Derby | 101,770 | 2,901 | 1,619 | 28.0 | 15.7 | 1.91 |
Birkenhead | 109,343 | 3,527 | 2,133 | 31.7 | 19.2 | 2.97 |
Liverpool | 632,512 | 22,416 | 14,617 | 34.9 | 22.7 | 3.01 |
Bolton | 120,380 | 3,831 | 2,536 | 31.3 | 20.7 | 2.80 |
Manchester | 529,561 | 17,787 | 12,184 | 33.0 | 22.6 | 3.42 |
Salford | 210,707 | 7,480 | 4,848 | 34.9 | 22.6 | 4.10 |
Oldham | 143,442 | 3,971 | 2,955 | 27.2 | 20 3 | 2.91 |
Burnley | 102,805 | 3,245 | 1,830 | 31 0 | 17.5 | 2.19 |
Blackburn | 129,459 | 3,649 | 2,351 | 27.7 | 17.9 | 1.82 |
Preston | 113,864 | 3,776 | 2,403 | 32.6 | 20.8 | 1.86 |
Huddersfield | 100,463 | 2,096 | 1,682 | 20.5 | 16.5 | 1.60 |
Halifax | 94,775 | 2,337 | 1,669 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 1.10 |
Bradford | 228,809 | 5,939 | 3,840 | 25.5 | 16.5 | 1.58 |
Leeds | 402,449 | 12,574 | 7,670 | 30.7 | 18.8 | 2.28 |
Sheffield | 347,278 | 12,011 | 6,797 | 340 | 19.3 | 2.91 |
Hull | 220,844 | 7,171 | 4,245 | 31.9 | 18.9 | 3.32 |
Sunderland | 140,386 | 4,873 | 2,828 | 34.2 | 19.8 | 3.00 |
Gateshead | 98,436 | 3,583 | 1,910 | 35.8 | 19.1 | 3.10 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 212,223 | 6,701 | 3,981 | 311 | 18.5 | 2.08 |