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West Ham 1904

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

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Vital Statistics of London Boroughs and Large English Towns -continued.

TOWNS.Population Estimated middle of 1904Birth Rate.Death Rate per 1,000 Persons Living fromDeaths under one year per 1,000 Births.
All Causes.Principal Epidemic Diseases.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Phthisis.
Wandsworth257,44827.013.41.730.410.050.160.190.040.881.12122
Camberwell268,38427.114.91.900.410.060.080.370.060.921.37144
Deptford113,50928.816.12.460.670.090.140.430.031.101.42145
Greenwich101,65125.914.42.260.390.030.110.550.091.091.33142
Lewisham140,40125.612.01.410.180.050.090.260.010.820.90123
Woolwich123,41628.714.32.400.240.130.240 450051.291 .67135
WEST HAM288,42432.116.73.20o.oo0.580.130.140350.111.941.40165
Bristol343,20428.715.61.640.000 300.110.300.340.080.51134
Birmingham537,96531.619.93.420.380.120.240.850.071.76197
Leicester224,18626.614.51.970.020.140.020.030390.061.31167
Nottingham248,81127.717.72.580.050.180.110.280.360.231.37176
Liverpoo723,43033.722.64.66o.oo0.940.200.270.580.152.52196
Manchester557,93831.321.33.090.020.760.150.170.500.121.37187
Salford228,98331.821.24.370.011.110.250.490.620.231.06192
Bradford285,08922.117.62.420.010.520.150.570.170.170.83166
Leeds450,14228.018.02.560.000.760.130.100.470.110.99175
Sheffield432,94032.016.02.200.000.080.200.110.340.121.35158
Hull253,86531.018.63.520 .020.710.050.250.260.152.08178
Newcastle.on.Tyne225,36230.519. 41.790.080.250.110.220.580.040.51156