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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TOWNS. | Estimated Population to middle of 1903. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths from principal Infectious Diseases | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. | Rate per cent. of uncertified Deaths. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
London | 4,613,812 | 130,906 | 72,109 | 28.5 | 15.7 | 1.78 | 8,166 | 13 | 2,054 | 362 | 752 | 1,631 | 396 | 2,958 | 131 | 0.3 |
Croydon | 141,157 | 3,708 | 1,666 | 26.3 | 11.8 | 1 08 | 153 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 62 | 5 | 40 | 108 | - |
Willesden | 127,077 | 4,059 | 1,535 | 32.0 | 12.1 | 1.97 | 249 | 1 | 84 | 13 | 10 | 69 | 8 | 64 | 117 | 0.8 |
Tottenham | 109,749 | 3,532 | 1,426 | 32.3 | 13.0 | 1.90 | 207 | — | 78 | 4 | 18 | 58 | 9 | 40 | 124 | 0.7 |
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East Ham | 110,451 | 3,798 | 1,207 | 34.5 | 11.0 | 1.62 | 177 | — | 40 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 15 | 58 | 111 | 0.5 |
Leyton | 107,153 | 3,267 | 1,154 | 30 6 | 10.8 | 1.64 | 177 | — | 39 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 43 | 103 | 1.3 |
Walthamstow | 106,290 | 3,495 | 1,177 | 33.2 | 11.2 | 1.91 | 201 | — | 53 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 19 | 70 | 113 | 0.2 |
Brighton | 125,405 | 3,046 | 1,784 | 24.3 | 14.3 | 0.85 | 106 | — | 6 | — | 32 | 13 | 5 | 50 | 114 | 0.3 |
Portsmouth | 194,960 | 5,431 | 2,867 | 27.9 | 14.7 | 1.50 | 291 | — | 17 | 27 | 75 | 34 | 23 | 115 | 114 | 1.0 |
Southampton | 110,120 | 3,102 | 1,513 | 28.2 | 13.8 | 1.31 | 145 | — | 1 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 58 | 116 | — |
Norwich | 114,351 | 3,179 | 1,737 | 27.9 | 15.2 | 1.13 | 129 | — | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 86 | 150 | 1.4 |
Plymouth | 112,022 | 2,847 | 1,844 | 25.5 | 16.5 | 1.16 | 130 | — | 5 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 55 | 144 | 0.4 |
Bristol | 338,895 | 9,257 | 4,825 | 27.4 | 14.3 | 1.07 | 364 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 118 | 67 | 21 | 94 | 116 | 0.5 |
Birmingham | 533,039 | 16,897 | 9,449 | 31.8 | 17.8 | 2.33 | 1,230 | 12 | 193 | 141 | 136 | 93 | 67 | 588 | 159 | 2.3 |
Leicester | 220,272 | 6,015 | 3,122 | 27.4 | 14.2 | 1.46 | 319 | 21 | 74 | 15 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 131 | 160 | 1.2 |
Nottingham | 245,985 | 6,945 | 4,152 | 28.3 | 16.9 | 2.01 | 495 | 2 | 96 | 35 | 64 | 95 | 35 | 168 | 165 | 0.7 |
Derby | 118,707 | 3,215 | 1,609 | 27.0 | 13 6 | 0.87 | 102 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 45 | 128 | - |
Birkenhead | 113,598 | 3,489 | 1,899 | 30.8 | 16.8 | 2.06 | 235 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 41 | 15 | 134 | 156 | 0.5 |
Liverpool | 716,810 | 23,906 | 14,642 | 33.4 | 20.5 | 2.51 | 1,790 | 137 | 129 | 191 | 162 | 309 | 162 | 700 | 159 | 3.4 |