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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Vital Statistics of certain London Boroughs and Large English Towns, 1909.
(Registrar General.)
| BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population middle of 1909. | 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. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | ||||
| Hackney | 237,601 | 23.6 | 12.6 | 0.93 | - | 0.23 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 1.21 | 98 |
| Shoreditch | 114,802 | 30.5 | 19.0 | 2.87 | - | 1.13 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.62 | 0.05 | 0.77 | 1.74 | 146 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,316 | 30.5 | 16.8 | 1.99 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.73 | 1.53 | 134 |
| Stepney | 312,525 | 31.5 | 15.3 | 1.68 | - | 0.75 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 1.66 | 115 |
| Poplar | 171,965 | 29.3 | 16.3 | 2.37 | - | 0.90 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.48 | 0.07 | 0.63 | 1.28 | 133 |
| Battersea | 186,036 | 22.9 | 13.0 | 1.29 | - | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 1.22 | 112 |
| Woolwich | 133,374 | 22.4 | 11.9 | 1.02 | - | 0.41 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 1.19 | 81 |
| West Ham | 311,629 | 28.0 | 15.1 | 2.10 | - | 0.69 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.59 | 0.02 | 0.55 | 1.17 | 123 |
| East Ham | 149,575 | 23.6 | 9.9 | 1.10 | - | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.22 | - | 100 |
| Leyton | 129,614 | 24.1 | 10.3 | 0.93 | - | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.14 | - | 82 |
| Walthamstow | 136,602 | 24.2 | 9.6 | 0.96 | - | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.16 | - | 91 |
| Tottenham | 129,464 | 29.4 | 11.5 | 0.74 | - | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.17 | - | 89 |
| Portsmouth | 214,726 | 27.2 | 14.2 | 1.42 | - | 0.48 | 0.08 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 | - | 96 |
| Salford | 241,950 | 27.9 | 18.0 | 2.45 | - | 0.80 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.50 | - | 141 |
| Leicester | 244,255 | 21.9 | 12.9 | 1.22 | - | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.42 | - | 127 |
| Nottingham | 263,443 | 25.7 | 16.3 | 1.67 | - | 0.54 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.69 | - | 150 |
| Hull | 275,552 | 29.4 | 14.9 | 1.38 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.56 | - | 114 |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 281,584 | 27.3 | 14.8 | 1.22 | - | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.19 | - | 119 |
| Bradford | 293,983 | 18.8 | 14.5 | 0.68 | - | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.15 | - | 116 |
| Bristol | 377,642 | 22.6 | 12.7 | 0.87 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.26 | - | 100 |
| Sheffield | 470,958 | 28.2 | 15.1 | 1.78 | - | 0.88 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.55 | - | 118 |
| Leeds | 484,012 | 22.8 | 14.1 | 0.80 | - | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0 .08 | 0.22 | - | 122 |
| Birmingham | 563,629 | 26.6 | 15.4 | 2.03 | - | 0.92 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.44 | - | 134 |
| Manchester | 655,435 | 27.8 | 17.9 | 1.81 | - | 0.61 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.43 | - | 134 |
| Liverpool | 760,357 | 31.1 | 19.0 | 2.11 | - | 0.61 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.69 | - | 144 |