London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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(Registrar General.)
| BOROUGH OR TOWN. | Estimated Population to middle of 1914. | 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. | Diarrhœa (under 2 years). | Phthisis. | ||||
| Hackney | 223,393 | 24.5 | 14.0 | ... | ... | 106 | 9 | 39 | 53 | 8 | 127 | 303 | 92 |
| Shoreditch | 109,569 | 32.1 | 19.6 | 2.9 | ... | 112 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 2 | 148 | 234 | 141 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,807 | 29.7 | 16.6 | 2.5 | ... | 68 | 7 | 28 | 48 | 4 | 174 | 210 | 137 |
| Stepney | 275,081 | 29.4 | 17.3 | 2.4 | ... | 182 | 28 | 70 | 72 | 8 | 268 | 465 | 124 |
| Poplar | 160,839 | 31.6 | 16.9 | 2.1 | ... | 66 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 195 | 268 | 116 |
| Battersea | 167,451 | 25.8 | 13.4 | 0.84 | ... | 50 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 122 | 210 | 93 |
| Woolwich | 122,431 | 23.3 | 14.1 | 0.98 | ... | 25 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 171 | 85 |
| East Ham | 146,526 | 23.3 | 10.0 | 0.90 | ... | 16 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 45 | ... | 78 |
| Leyton | 133,719 | 20.5 | 10.0 | 0.97 | ... | 17 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 46 | ... | 80 |
| Walthamstow | 134,825 | 22.8 | 10.3 | 0.98 | ... | 20 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 52 | 133 | 80 |
| Tottenham | 149,495 | 25.4 | 11.2 | 0.96 | ... | 17 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 64 | ... | 92 |
| Leicester | 232,664 | 21.8 | 13.8 | 1.13 | ... | 102 | 5 | 15 | 74 | 5 | 109 | 273 | 120 |
| Salford | 234,975 | 26.5 | 16.4 | 1.9 | ... | 111 | 78 | 38 | 77 | 19 | 165 | 385 | 125 |
| Stoke | 241,430 | 31.7 | 17.4 | 2.63 | ... | 84 | 1 | 80 | 85 | 17 | 330 | 308 | 144 |
| Portsmouth | 245,827 | 23.2 | 12.4 | ... | ... | 39 | 5 | 78 | 49 | 30 | 71 | 249 | 85 |
| Nottingham | 266,918 | 23.2 | 15.1 | 1.7 | ... | 145 | 12 | 35 | 62 | 5 | 180 | 321 | 145 |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 273,415 | 27.7 | 16.9 | 2.3 | ... | 215 | 44 | 25 | 75 | 17 | 238 | 375 | 136 |
| Hull | 291,118 | 27.2 | 15.1 | ... | ... | 98 | 7 | 50 | 53 | 43 | 256 | 318 | 121 |
| Bradford | 291,482 | 19.6 | 15.5 | 1.22 | ... | 115 | 6 | 34 | 94 | 20 | 83 | 371 | 123 |
| Bristol | 363,312 | 21.4 | 13.3 | 0.99 | ... | 93 | 21 | 36 | 68 | 8 | 124 | 404 | 100 |
| Leeds | 459,260 | 23.4 | 14.8 | 1.66 | ... | 214 | 29 | 54 | 138 | 20 | 286 | 569 | 124 |
| Sheffield | 476,971 | 27.2 | 16.2 | ... | ... | 370 | 86 | 66 | 229 | 25 | 459 | 607 | 132 |
| Manchester | 738,538 | 25.6 | 16.6 | 1.20 | ... | 298 | 157 | 101 | 281 | 38 | 508 | 1257 | 127 |
| Liverpool | 767,992 | 30.1 | 19.3 | 2.7 | ... | 521 | 121 | 109 | 249 | 43 | 940 | 1132 | 139 |
| Birmingham | 868,430 | 26.8 | 14.8 | ... | 311 | 137 | 256 | 304 | 13 | 639 | 1059 | 122 | |