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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Vital Statistics of certain London Boroughs and Large English Towns, 1906.
| BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population middle of 1906. | Birth Rate per 1,000 living. | Death Rate per 1,000 Persons Living from | Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | ||||
| Hackney | 230,721 | 25.4 | 13.3 | 1.58 | — | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.87 | 1.30 | 116 |
| Shoreditch | 116,108 | 32.8 | 19.6 | 3.13 | — | 0.64 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 0.04 | 1.61 | 2.00 | 169 |
| Bethnal Green | 130,609 | 340 | 18.9 | 2.55 | — | 0.45 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.48 | 0.10 | 1.18 | 2.24 | 157 |
| Stepney | 307,176 | 35.8 | 17.7 | 2.74 | — | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 1.42 | 1.71 | 133 |
| Poplar | 170,673 | 31.0 | 17.6 | 2.95 | — | 0.63 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.06 | 1.70 | 1.54 | 155 |
| Battersea | 179,622 | 25.7 | 13.4 | 1.82 | — | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.43 | 0.04 | 0.88 | 1.28 | 129 |
| Woolwich | 127,345 | 27.9 | 13.1 | 1.52 | — | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.82 | 1.32 | 110 |
| East Ham | 129,886 | 28.1 | 11.5 | 2.23 | — | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 1.15 | 0.93 | 127 |
| Leyton | 118,287 | 28.1 | 12.0 | 2.20 | — | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.05 | 1.11 | 0.73 | 118 |
| Walthamstow | 121,334 | 29.3 | 12.8 | 2.44 | — | 0.34 | 0.17 | 0.42 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 1.27 | 1.01 | 134 |
| LeicesteR | 232,111 | 25.3 | 14.4 | 2.38 | — | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 1.11 | 1.46 | 166 |
| Salford | 234,077 | 30.2 | 18.3 | 3.23 | — | 0.79 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 1.43 | 1.70 | 159 |
| Nottingham | 254,567 | 26.5 | 16.0 | 2.10 | — | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 1.48 | 1.23 | 171 |
| Hull | 262,426 | 29.6 | 17.0 | 2.93 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.51 | 0.28 | 0.19 | 1.55 | 1.09 | 161 |
| Newcastle.on.Tyne | 268,721 | 30.6 | 17.1 | 2.23 | — | 0.62 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 1.02 | 1.49 | 151 |
| Bradford | 288,544 | 20.6 | 16.1 | 2.03 | — | 0.44 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.92 | 1.30 | 152 |
| Bristol | 363,223 | 25.8 | 14.3 | 1.56 | — | 0.38 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.05 | 0.58 | 1.11 | 128 |
| Sheffield | 447,951 | 29.9 | 16.7 | 2.92 | — | 0.17 | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 1.75 | 1.01 | 158 |
| Leeds | 463,495 | 26.1 | 15.8 | 2.23 | — | 0.60 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.97 | 1.23 | 152 |
| Birmingham | 548,022 | 29.2 | 16.7 | 2.78 | — | 0.41 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 1.56 | 1.22 | 168 |
| Manchester | 637,520 | 29.0 | 19.2 | 3.09 | — | 0.74 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 1.52 | 1.71 | 166 |
| Liverpool | 739,180 | 32.6 | 20.3 | 3.62 | 0.00 | 0.77 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.48 | 0.10 | 1.87 | 1.58 | 171 |