[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of] page 27

City of London 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]

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Table: Comparative Mortality in the Nineteen Large Towns ofEngland and Scotland, referred to in the Registrar General's Weekly Report for1870,arranged under the heads of Hard-watert and Soft-water Supply—10degrees of hardness being taken as the standard.

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Comparative Mortality in the Nineteen Large Towns of

England and Scotland, referred to in the Registrar General's Weekly Report for1870,arranged under the heads of Hard-water_t and Soft-water Supply—10degrees of hardness being taken as the standard.

Hard-water supply.			Soft-water Supply.
towns.	Rate per 1.000 of Population.		towns.	Rate per 1,000 of Populution.
towns.	Births.	Deaths.	towns.	Births.	Death*.
London		24.1	Liverpool	37.0	34 .1
Portsmouth..	31.4	20.1	Manchester	36.6	27.8
Norwich	32.9	27.4	Salford	40.1	26.1
Bristol	38.5	29.9	Bradford	30.1	27.4
Wolverhampton	39.4	21.8	Leeds	40.2	28.1
Birmingham	36.2	21.1	Sheffield	39.5	26.3
Nottingham	31.4	21.1	Edinburgh	37.7	20.1
Hull	33.7	21 .8	Glasgow	41.3	29.5
Sunderland	37.4	20.1	-	—	—
Nwestl-on-Tyne	38.2	24-.1	-	—	—
Leicester	38.9	26.6	-	—-	-
Average	35.7	23.7	Average	38.9	28.1

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Another subject of considerable interest, namely,
the constant supply of water in London, is also occupying
public attention at the present time, and it
may not be out of place to review the facts on both
sides of this important question.
That a constant service would be a great boon to
the poor is admitted on all hands, for the filthy
condition and exposed situation of their water receptacles
is almost always such as to render the

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City of London 1869

Table: Comparative Mortality in the Nineteen Large Towns ofEngland and Scotland, referred to in the Registrar General's Weekly Report for1870,arranged under the heads of Hard-watert and Soft-water Supply—10degrees of hardness being taken as the standard.

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