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West Ham 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Analysis of the Vital Statistics of Thirty-seven English Towns with Populations over 100,000

during 1903.

TOWNS.Estimated Population to middle of 1903.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.Deaths from principal Infectious DiseasesSmall-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.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
London4,613,812130,90672,10928.515.71.788,166132,0543627521,6313962,9581310.3
Croydon141,1573,7081,66626.311.81 0815322521762540108-
Willesden127,0774,0591,53532.012.11.972491841310698641170.8
Tottenham109,7493,5321,42632.313.01.9020778418589401240.7
WEST HAM281,8949,4784,39433.615.52.657431431776164342931480.3
East Ham110,4513,7981,20734.511.01.621774013143715581110.5
Leyton107,1533,2671,15430 610.81.641773913274312431031.3
Walthamstow106,2903,4951,17733.211.21.91201537183419701130.2
Brighton125,4053,0461,78424.314.30.85106632135501140.3
Portsmouth194,9605,4312,86727.914.71.5029117277534231151141.0
Southampton110,1203,1021,51328.213.81.3114511028282058116
Norwich114,3513,1791,73727.915.21.131291151287861501.4
Plymouth112,0222,8471,84425.516.51.16130514142715551440.4
Bristol338,8959,2574,82527.414.31.07364311501186721941160.5
Birmingham533,03916,8979,44931.817.82.331,2301219314113693675881592.3
Leicester220,2726,0153,12227.414.21.463192174152836141311601.2
Nottingham245,9856,9454,15228.316.92.01495296356495351681650.7
Derby118,7073,2151,60927.013 60.87102258332745128-
Birkenhead113,5983,4891,89930.816.82.0623559201141151341560.5
Liverpool716,81023,90614,64233.420.52.511,7901371291911623091627001593.4