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West Ham 1896

[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 Towns10,846,971339,115208,53430.718.92.86
32 Provincial Towns6,425,016203,319125,02331.119.12.67
London4,421,955135,79683,51130.218.63.14
WEST HAM240,0008,5194,39535.51893.9
Croydon118,0063,0091,70625.114.21.94
Brighton120,4993,0221,97524.716.11.63
Portsmouth178,6395,0063,00987.616.62.11
Plymouth90,2762,6431,79628.819.62.30
Bristol230,6236,4653,96127.616.91.90
Cardiff162,6905,5912,78433.816.82.27
Swansea98,6453,0611,68930.516.81.18
Wolverhampton86,5303,0231,77534.420.03.11
Birmingham501,24116,60310.60032.620.83.57
Norwich108,6303,4001,91930.817.42.53
Leicester198,6596,2123,37630.816.72.97
Nottingham229,7756,7584,08728.917.52.47
Derby101,7702,9011,61928.015.71.91
Birkenhead109,3433,5272,13331.719.22.97
Liverpool632,51222,41614,61734.922.73.01
Bolton120,3803,8312,53631.320.72.80
Manchester529,56117,78712,18433.022.63.42
Salford210,7077,4804,84834.922.64.10
Oldham143,4423,9712,95527.220 32.91
Burnley102,8053,2451,83031 017.52.19
Blackburn129,4593,6492,35127.717.91.82
Preston113,8643,7762,40332.620.81.86
Huddersfield100,4632,0961,68220.516.51.60
Halifax94,7752,3371,66924.317.31.10
Bradford228,8095,9393,84025.516.51.58
Leeds402,44912,5747,67030.718.82.28
Sheffield347,27812,0116,79734019.32.91
Hull220,8447,1714,24531.918.93.32
Sunderland140,3864,8732,82834.219.83.00
Gateshead98,4363,5831,91035.819.13.10
Newcastle-on-Tyne212,2236,7013,98131118.52.08