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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Vital Statistics of certain London Boroughs and Large English Towns, 1913.
(Registrar General.)
| BOROUGH OR TOWN. | Estimated Population to middle of 1913. | Birth Rate per 1,000 Living. | Death Rate per 1,000 Persons Living. | Deaths from the following causes. | Deaths under one year per 1,000 births. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years). | Phthisis. | |||||
| Hackney | 223,353 | 24.3 | 13.4 | 1.1 | ... | 68 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 141 | 261 | 99 | |
| Shoreditch | 109,654 | 31.5 | 18.6 | 2.2 | ... | 52 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 207 | 200 | 155 | |
| Bethnal Green | 127,824 | 30.8 | 15.4 | 1.9 | ... | 62 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 151 | 201 | 118 | |
| Stepney | 275,300 | 29.3 | 14.9 | 1.6 | ... | 95 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 287 | 471 | 112 | |
| Poplar | 160,913 | 32.0 | 16.3 | 2.03 | ... | 69 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 5 | 159 | 239 | 112 | |
| Battersea | 167,464 | 24.9 | 13.9 | 1.17 | ... | 93 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 125 | 192 | 111 | |
| Woolwich | 122,382 | 23.3 | 12.6 | 0.74 | ... | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 48 | 186 | 79 | |
| West Ham | 294,223 | 30.51 | 15.4 | 1.8 | ... | 73 | 16 | 28 | 51 | 9 | 353 | 332 | 107 | |
| East Ham | 142,467 | 25 .0 | 10.1 | 0.7 | ... | 17 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 124 | 64 | |
| Ley ton | 130,922 | 22.3 | 10.2 | 0.8 | ... | 31 | 2 | 10 | 19 | ... | 42 | 106 | 83 | |
| Walthamstow | 131,636 | 24.0 | 9.9 | 0.8 | ... | 23 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 119 | 80 | |
| Tottenham | 145,736 | 25.6 | 11.0 | 1.02 | ... | 35 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 76 | ... | 89 | ||
| Leicester | 230,970 | 22.6 | 13.3 | 0.9 | ... | 35 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 152 | ... | 120 | |
| Salford | 233,849 | 26.7 | 15.8 | 2.2 | ... | 129 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 25 | 197 | ... | 136 | |
| Stoke | 239,284 | 31.4 | 18.6 | 3.1 | ... | 233 | 4 | 92 | 118 | 24 | 293 | ... | 170 | |
| Portsmouth | 241,256 | 24.4 | 12.2 | 1.1 | ... | 25 | 20 | 87 | 16 | 23 | 112 | ... | 90 | |
| Nottingham | 264,735 | 22.7 | 14.1 | 1.2 | ... | 20 | 17 | 39 | 42 | 8 | 201 | ... | 130 | |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 271,295 | 27.1 | 15.0 | 1.2 | ... | 64 | 21 | 29 | 94 | 15 | 126 | ... | 121 | |
| Hull | 287,032 | 28.0 | 14.8 | 1.7 | ... | 12 | 3 | 33 | 78 | 37 | 337 | ... | 128 | |
| Bradford | 290,540 | 19.7 | 14.9 | 1.5 | ... | 36 | 10 | 52 | 22 | 17 | 169 | ... | 127 | |
| Bristol | 361,362 | 22.5 | 12.7 | 0.8 | ... | 49 | 6 | 29 | 53 | 6 | 156 | ... | 96 | |
| Leeds | 457,295 | 23.6 | 15.4 | 1.4 | ... | 107 | 15 | 85 | 94 | 19 | 331 | ... | 134 | |
| Sheffield | 471,662 | 28.2 | 15.7 | 2.1 | ... | 372 | 78 | 57 | 69 | 20 | 412 | ... | 128 | |
| Manchester | 730,976 | 26.0 | 15.6 | 1.7 | ... | 264 | 94 | 99 | 140 | 48 | 621 | ... | 127 | |
| Liverpool | 756,553 | 30.1 | 18.0 | 2.1 | 1 | 319 | 59 | 76 | 240 | 30 | 881 | ... | 134 | |
| Birmingham | 859,644 | 27.3 | 14.7 | 2.1 | ... | 393 | 180 | 170 | 164 | 19 | 843 | ... | 129 | |
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