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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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(Registrar General.)
| BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population middle of 1910. | Birth Rate per 1,000 iiving. | 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 | 239,979 | 22.9 | 11.7 | 0.84 | – | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 1.07 | 95 | |
| Shoreditch | 114,387 | 30.6 | 16.7 | 1.90 | – | 0.73 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.53 | 1.48 | 151 | |
| Bethnal Green | 131,579 | 30.8 | 15.3 | 1.47 | – | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.38 | 1.42 | 128 | |
| Stepney | 314,379 | 30.6 | 13.7 | 1.32 | – | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.44 | 1.30 | 108 | |
| Poplar | 172,432 | 28.9 | 15.2 | 1.51 | – | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.48 | 0.07 | 0.50 | 1.35 | 122 | |
| Battersea | 188,222 | 22.8 | 11.3 | 1.11 | – | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.30 | 1.03 | 101 | |
| Woolwich | 135,422 | 21.2 | 10.5 | 0.62 | – | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 1.00 | 84 | |
| East Ham | 156,208 | 22.0 | 8.9 | 0.65 | – | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.15 | – | 94 | |
| Leyton | 133,436 | 23.7 | 9.3 | 0.68 | – | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.80 | 66 | |
| Walthamstow | 141,748 | 22.6 | 9.1 | 0.63 | – | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.10 | – | 95 | |
| Tottenham | 132,803 | 27.9 | 11.4 | 0.80 | – | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.10 | – | 86 | |
| Portsmouth | 217,989 | 26.7 | 13.8 | 1.36 | – | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.24 | – | 104 | |
| Salford | 244,636 | 26.7 | 15.1 | 1.70 | – | 0.33 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0.09 | 0.52 | – | 130 | |
| Leicester | 248,374 | 21.4 | 11.3 | 0.68 | – | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.28 | – | 126 | |
| Nottingham | 266,471 | 24.8 | 14.2 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.04 | 0.34 | – | 128 | |
| Hull | 280,006 | 28.6 | 15.2 | 1.76 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.92 | – | 135 | |
| *Newcastle-on-Tyne | 285,951 | 26.4 | 13.9 | 1.15 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 1.16 | 121 | |
| Bradford | 295,865 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 1.25 | – | 0.49 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.33 | – | 127 | |
| Bristol | 382,550 | 21.7 | 11.5 | 0.59 | – | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.92 | 90 | |
| Sheffield | 478,763 | 26.5 | 13.4 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.66 | – | 127 | |
| Leeds | 490,985 | 22.2 | 13.7 | 1.28 | – | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.38 | – | 132 | |
| Birmingham | 570,113 | 26.3 | 13.7 | 1.12 | – | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 0.38 | 1.15 | 130 | |
| Manchester | 716,354 | 27.1 | 16.1 | 1.79 | – | 0.40 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.55 | 0.08 | 0.49 | – | 131 | |
| Liverpool | 767,606 | 30.1 | 17.7 | 2.28 | – | 0.60 | 0.22 | 0.12 | .0.50 | 0.04 | 0.70 | – | 140 | |