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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of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1896.
Deaths from principal Zymo-tu??? Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough . | Fever. | Diarrhcea. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. | Rate per cent , of Un certified Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31,550 | 255??? | 7,839 | 2,406 | 4,202 | 6,245 | 2,073 | 8,760 | 167 | 1.5 |
17,450 | 16 | 4,142 | 1,464 | 1,519 | 3,308 | 1,464 | 5,537 | 172 | 2.1 |
14,100 | 9 | 3,697 | 942 | 2,683 | 2,937 | 609 | 3,223 | 161 | 0.6 |
982 | 4 | 112 | 56 | 193 | 155 | 66 | 375 | 168 | 3.7 |
233 | - | 67 | 5 | 29 | 62 | 18 | 52 | 150 | - |
199 | - | 55 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 73 | 135 | 1.7 |
383 | 125 | 20 | 20 | 59 | 27 | 132 | 154 | 0.7 | |
210 | - | 95 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 76 | 178 | 0.5 |
444 | 5 | 143 | 59 | 37 | 61 | 18 | 121 | 142 | 1.2 |
376 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 62 | 105 | 13 | 127 | 165 | 1.3 |
118 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 15 | 25 | 161 | 1.1 |
274 | - | 9 | 21 | 53 | 31 | 36 | 124 | 184 | 1.3 |
1,823 | - | 307 | 148 | 270 | 378 | 107 | 613 | 197 | 5.0 |
257 | - | 117 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 82 | 164 | 1.6 |
599 | - | 121 | 50 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 273 | 187 | 2.7 |
575 | - | 205 | 26 | 13 | 90 | 79 | 168 | 168 | 1.4 |
197 | - | 34 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 21 | 67 | 151 | 0.4 |
330 | - | 115 | 32 | 22 | 59 | 26 | 76 | 171 | 1.0 |
1,938 | - | 306 | 227 | 157 | 294 | 206 | 748 | 173 | 3.4 |
344 | - | 6 | 40 | 14 | 102 | 48 | 134 | 168 | 0.3 |
1,834 | - | 570 | 197 | 81 | 360 | 122 | 504 | 176 | 1.3 |
879 | - | 202 | 104 | 49 | 189 | 71 | 264 | 199 | 2.1 |
425 | - | 167 | 56 | 35 | 53 | 23 | 91 | 184 | 0.3 |
229 | - | 63 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 73 | 170 | 1.4 |
238 | - | 41 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 34 | 97 | 171 | 2.7 |
217 | - | 4 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 26 | 129 | 203 | 4.3 |
163 | - | 28 | 19 | 21 | 55 | 13 | 27 | 166 | 2.5 |
105 | - | 16 | 21 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 149 | 1.7 | |
369 | 1 | 107 | 24 | 17 | 104 | 28 | 88 | 143 | 0.8 |
937 | 1 | 199 | 71 | 49 | 246 | 87 | 284 | 169 | 0.6 |
1,024 | — | 200 | 102 | 56 | 205 | 101 | 360 | 173 | 3.5 |
745 | - | 260 | 57 | 51 | 113 | 62 | 202 | 173 | 2.8 |
428 | — | 143 | 27 | 8 | 76 | 53 | 121 | 158 | 0.9 |
310 | — | 137 | 26 | 18 | 35 | 22 | 72 | 172 | 0.9 |
450 | — | 139 | 26 | 39 | 103 | 33 | 110 | 165 | 0.5 |