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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
West Ham 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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than that of all the other 33 large English towns, with the exception
of Croydon (13.6), Brighton (15.2), Portsmouth (16.5), Cardiff (16.6),
Swansea (17.2), Derby (17.6), Bristol (17.9), Norwich (17.9).
Assuming the corrected death-rate of England and Wales for
1897 (17.43) to represent a standard figure of 1,000, the comparative
mortality figure of Croydon will be 781, of Brighton 874, of Norwich
1,032, of West Ham 1,045, of London 1,112.
The mean annual death-rate of the Borough during the 10 years,
1888.97, was 19.1, and the mean annual death-rate of London during
the same period was 19.7. The diagram below shows the percentage
variation from these respective means:—