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 Disease | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scar let Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age 1,000 Births. | Rate per cent, of uncertified Tenths | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases | ||||||||||||||
Bolton | 173,401 | 4,669 | 3,019 | 27.0 | 17.5 | 1.99 | 343 | 3 | 47 | 58 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 156 | 152 | 0.3 |
Manchester | 553,486 | 17,704 | 10,886 | 32.1 | 19.7 | 2.55 | 1,406 | 25 | 349 | 96 | 135 | 213 | 94 | 494 | 169 | 1.4 |
Salford | 226,480 | 7,284 | 4,284 | 32.2 | 19.0 | 2.86 | 647 | 7 | 131 | 56 | 86 | 96 | 49 | 222 | 167 | 0.6 |
Oldham | 138,786 | 3,545 | 2,577 | 25.6 | 18.6 | 2.34 | 323 | 23 | 38 | 30 | 54 | 108 | 12 | 58 | 160 | 1.1 |
Blackburn | 131,218 | 3,288 | 2,058 | 25.1 | 15.7 | 1.49 | 194 | 2 | 54 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 157 | 2.6 |
Preston | 114,404 | 3,466 | 2,131 | 30.4 | 18.7 | 3.09 | 354 | 2 | 103 | 15 | 21 | 62 | 33 | 118 | 161 | 2.4 |
Halifax | 106,754 | 2,244 | 1,599 | 21.1 | 15.0 | 0.72 | 76 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 122 | 1.5 |
Bradford | 283,412 | 6,596 | 4,633 | 23.3 | 16 4 | 1.36 | 387 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 90 | 41 | 145 | 148 | 0.7 |
Leeds | 443,559 | 12,996 | 7,325 | 29.4 | 16.6 | 1.76 | 773 | 22 | 123 | 109 | 65 | 119 | 57 | 278 | 153 | 0.4 |
Sheffield | 425,528 | 14,091 | 7,903 | 33.2 | 18.6 | 3.10 | 1,317 | 3 | 337 | 95 | 40 | 258 | 45 | 539 | 182 | 2.6 |
Hull | 249,639 | 7,800 | 4,212 | 31.3 | 16.9 | 2.19 | 546 | 6 | 104 | 8 | 76 | 23 | 18 | 311 | 162 | 1.4 |
Sunderland | 149,572 | 5,233 | 2,974 | 35.1 | 19.9 | 2.37 | 352 | 3 | 121 | 34 | 31 | 50 | 24 | 89 | 157 | 2.7 |
South Shields | 105,325 | 3,625 | 1,805 | 34.5 | 17.2 | 1.09 | 115 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 58 | 131 | 5.3 |
Gateshead | 115,531 | 4,118 | 1,928 | 35.8 | 16.7 | 1.87 | 217 | 19 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 105 | 159 | 4.6 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 222,241 | 6,897 | 4,259 | 31.1 | 19.2 | 1.24 | 271 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 51 | 7 | 128 | 165 | 0.5 |
Cardiff | 172,598 | 5,250 | 2,408 | 30.5 | 14.0 | 1.32 | 227 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 38 | 16 | 79 | 123 | 0.1 |
Rhondda | 119,652 | 4,897 | 1,976 | 41.1 | 16.6 | 2.46 | 293 | - | 8 | 37 | 41 | 51 | 44 | 112 | 158 | 0.7 |