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West Ham 1897

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Table: Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1897,according to Registrar-General.

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Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1897,

according to Registrar-General.

TOWNS.	Estimated Population middle of 1897.	Births.	Deaths.	Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.			Deaths from principal Zymotic Diseases.	Small-pox.	Measles.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Whooping-cough.	Fever.	Diarrhoea.	Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births	Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths.
TOWNS.	Estimated Population middle of 1897.	Births.	Deaths.	Births.	Deaths.	Principal Zymotic Diseases.	Deaths from principal Zymotic Diseases.	Small-pox.	Measles.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Whooping-cough.	Fever.	Diarrhoea.	Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births	Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths.
33 Towns	10,992,524	336,740	209,412	30.7	19.1	2.87	31,479	18	6,049	1,967	3,417	4,453	1,958	13,617	177	1.3
32 Provincial Towns	6,529,355	203,122	128,469	31.2	19.7	3.06	19,954	2	4,120	1,187	1,156	2,611	1,365	9,513	189	1.7
London	4,463,169	133,618	80,943	30.0	18.2	2.58	11,525	16	1,929	780	2,261	1,842	593	4,104	159	0.6
WEST HAM	273,682	8,779	4,273	32.2	15.7	2.62	714	—	140	30	101	99	48	296	172	27
Croydon	121,171	3,015	1,579	25.0	13.1	1.43	173	—	17	12	8	31	9	96	135	—
Brighton	121,401	2,986	1,823	24.7	15.1	1.64	198	—	17	12	12	25	22	110	144	0.8
Portsmouth	182,585	4,897	2,951	26'9	16.2	2.53	462	—	35	11	28	64	43	181	168	0.4
Plymouth	97,658	2,773	1,855	28.5	19.0	2.17	213	—	49	5	13	53	8	85	185	03
Bristol	232,242	6,430	3,984	27.8	17.2	1.83	425	1	57	18	35	113	47	151	149	0.9
Cardiff	170,063	5,279	2,534	31.1	14.9	2.19	372	—	75	17	90	34	21	135	151	0.9
Swansea	100,309	2,939	1,583	29.4	15.8	1.36	136	—	45	10	11	42	7	21	140	1.2
Wolverhampton	87,287	3,054	1,919	35.1	22.5	4.22	367	—	46	21	54	38	24	184	217	0.6
Birmingham	505,772	16,803	10,889	33.3	21.6	3.88	1,958	—	398	93	147	221	92	1,007	214	3.2
Norwich	110,154	3,354	2,062	30.5	18.8	2.21	243	—	3	11	10	47	32	140	194	1.5
Leicester	203,599	6,206	3,586	30.6	17.7	3.13	637	—	14	71	73	82	39	358	205	2.4
Nottingham	232,934	6,717	4,363	28.9	18.8	2.81	652	—	48	36	21	113	49	•385	206	11
Derby	103,291	2,792	1,651	27.1	16.0	1.91	197	—	17	10	9	22	26	113	168	—
Birkenhead	111,249	3,507	2,026	31.6	18.3	2.45	272	—	55	23	26	32	27	109	164	M
Liverpool	633,078	22,289	15,384	35.3	24.4	3.83	2,412	—	340	206	126	351	168	1,221	200	3.4
Bolton	121,433	3,942	2,660	32.5	22.0	4.02	486	—	215	23	6	41	25	176	186	0.2
Manchester	534,299	17,708	12,306	33.2	23.1	3.81	2,032	—	629	124	47	300	100	832	195	1.2
Salford	213,190	7,454	5,083	35.1	23.9	5.50	1,168	—	473	61	32	112	66	426	219	1.8
Oldham	145,845	3,793	2,789	26.1	19.2	2.61	378	—	97	20	11	77	20	153	183	0.2
Burnley	106,122	3,151	2,065	29.8	19.5	3.98	420	—	141	5	60	63	19	132	220	1.5
Blackburn	131,330	3,625	2,554	27.7	19.5	3.45	453	—	146	7	8	82	38	172	206	2.2
Preston	115,103	3,659	2,796	31.9	24.4	5.64	648	—	318	5	4	30	35	256	262	3.2
Huddersfield	101,454	2,366	1,659	23.4	16.4	1.50	150	—	27	32	20	21	15	35	131	2.8
Halifax	95,747	2,150	1,574	22.5	16.5	1.39	134	—	48	21	9	9	16	31	140	2.5
Bradford	231,260	5,679	4,024	24.6	17.5	2.22	510	—	81	9	15	43	31	331	179	1.2
Leeds	409,472	12,911	8,118	31.6	19.9	2.80	1,140	—	163	94	67	96	80	640	190	0.6
Sheffield	351,848	12,071	7,438	34.4	21.2	3.49	1 222	—	195	90	44	142	110	641	198	2.8
Hull	225,045	7,485	4,166	33.3	18.6	3.25	731	1	24	61	32	56	56	501	181	1.6
Sunderland	142,107	4,905	2,792	34.6	19.7	2.56	363	—	63	11	4	77	38	170	165	1.0
Gateshead	101,070	3,612	1,842	35.8	18.3	2.33	234	—	50	17	8	31	20	108	172	0.7
N ewcastle.on.Ty ne	217,555	6,791	4,141	31.3	19.1	2.09	452	.—	74	21	25	61	34	217	178	0.9

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Table: Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns during the Year 1897,according to Registrar-General.