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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Vital Statistics of certain London Boroughs and Large English Towns, 1907.
(Registrar G eneral.)
BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population middle of 1907. | Birth Hate per 1,000 living. | Death Rate | Per 1,000 Persons Living from | Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||
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All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | ||||
Hackney | 232,993 | 24.3 | 13.0 | 0.72 | - | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 1.17 | 112 |
Shoreditch | 115,662 | 33.0 | 20.5 | 3.01 | — | 1.03 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.88 | 0.05 | 0.64 | 2.10 | 150 |
Bethnal Green | 130,831 | 31.8 | 17.5 | 1.96 | — | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.46 | 0.05 | 044 | 1.90 | 138 |
Stepney | 308,923 | 33.6 | 15.9 | 1.97 | — | 0.50 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.50 | 1.56 | 117 |
Poplar | 171,086 | 31.0 | 16.9 | 2.11 | — | 0.56 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 1.33 | 124 |
Battersea | 181,736 | 25.5 | 13.3 | 1.34 | — | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 002 | 0.25 | 1.25 | 114 |
Woolwich | 129,336 | 25.8 | 12.5 | 1.38 | — | 0.56 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 1.25 | 112 |
West Ham | 308,284 | 28.6 | 14.6 | 2.18 | — | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 0.66 | — | 131 |
East Ham | 136,421 | 26.3 | 11.2 | 1.82 | — | 0.51 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0.36 | — | 108 |
Leyton | 122,040 | 26.0 | 11.2 | 1.66 | — | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.02 | 0.24 | — | 92 |
Walthamstow | 126,397 | 28.5 | 12.0 | 1.82 | — | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.45 | — | 113 |
Tottenham | 122,793 | 30.2 | 13.4 | 1.31 | — | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 0.20 | - | 103 |
Leicester | 236,124 | 23.2 | 12.7 | 0.90 | — | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.31 | - | 131 |
Salford | 236,670 | 29.2 | 17.7 | 2.14 | — | 0.44 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.61 | 0.08 | 0.44 | — | 140 |
Nottingham | 257,489 | 26.8 | 17.5 | 2.25 | — | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.63 | — | 165 |
Hull | 266,762 | 28.8 | 16.1 | 1.77 | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.06 | 0.37 | — | 127 |
Newcastle.on.Tyne | 272,969 | 29.7 | 15.9 | 1.37 | — | 0.44 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.14 | — | 123 |
Bradford | 290,323 | 20.0 | 14.8 | 0.89 | — | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.17 | — | 124 |
Bristol | 367,979 | 24.3 | 13.2 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.32 | — | 100 |
Sheffield | 455,553 | 30.9 | 17.1 | 2.64 | — | 0.86 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.09 | 0.57 | — | 145 |
Leeds | 470,268 | 24.9 | 15.3 | 1.26 | — | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.38 | — | 130 |
Birmingham | 553,155 | 28.3 | 16.2 | 1.78 | — | 0.57 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.43 | — | 147 |
Manchester | 643,148 | 28.7 | 18.1 | 1.72 | — | 0.36 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.49 | 0.05 | 0.50 | - | 146 |
Liverpool | 746,144 | 31.8 | 19.0 | 2.01 | — | 0.39 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.73 | — | 144 |