Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF THE
Towns | Population estimated to the middle of 1906. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. 5 | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | |||||
Middlesbrough | 100,069 | 3,49 | 2,075 | 35.9 | 207 | 3.09 | 170 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 74,961 | 2,722 | 1,426 | 36.4 | 19.1 | 2.31 | 179 |
Northampton | 93,749 | 1,988 | 1,047 | 21.3 | 11.2 | 1.16 | 120 |
Norwich | 17,958 | 3,086 | 2,084 | 26.2 | 17.7 | 2.99 | 172 |
Nottingham | 254,563 | 6,759 | 4,084 | 26.6 | 16.1 | 2.10 | 171 |
Newport (Mon.) | 74,227 | 2,408 | 1,203 | 32.5 | 16.3 | 1.66 | 145 |
Newcastle-on-Tyae | 268,721 | 8,209 | 4,595 | 30.6 | 17.1 | 2.23 | 151 |
Oldham | 140,969 | 3,787 | 2,636 | 26.9 | 18.8 | 2.75 | 148 |
Portsmouth | 205,118 | 5,870 | 3,049 | 28.7 | 14.9 | 1.84 | 130 |
Plymouth | 118,014 | 2,821 | 1,911 | 24.0 | 16.2 | 1.96 | 152 |
Preston | 116,399 | 3,326 | 2,226 | 28.7 | 19.2 | 3.58 | 199 |
Rochdale | 87,189 | 2,033 | 1,513 | 23.4 | 17.4 | 1 .79 | 140 |
Rotherham | 61,098 | 1,936 | 1,009 | 31.8 | 16.6 | 3.47 | 160 |
Rhondda | 127,684 | 4,751 | 2,014 | 37.3 | 16.1 | 2.46 | 174 |
Reading | 78,987 | 1,877 | 1,001 | 23.8 | 12.7 | 1.82 | 115 |
St. Helens | 91,153 | 3,091 | 1,566 | 34.0 | 17.2 | 2.02 | 158 |
Southampton | 117,312 | 2,913 | 1,530 | 24.9 | 13.1 | 1.37 | 113 |
Smethwick | 64,531 | 2,027 | 902 | 31.5 | 14.0 | 2.09 | 129 |
Stockport | 99,646 | 2,677 | 1,883 | 26.9 | 18.9 | 2.89 | 186 |
Salford | 234,077 | 7,059 | 4,261 | 30.2 | 18.3 | 3.23 | 159 |
Sheffield | 447,951 | 13,337 | 7,336 | 29.9 | 16.4 | 2.92 | 158 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 52,664 | 1,773 | 846 | 33.8 | 16.1 | 1.85 | 127 |
Sunderland | 154,385 | 5,375 | 2,859 | 34.9 | 18.6 | 1.97 | 140 |
South Shields | 111,402 | 3,531 | 1,952 | 31.8 | 17.6 | 2.60 | 148 |
Swansea | 96,848 | 3,192 | 1,767 | 33.0 | 18.3 | 1.90 | 157 |
Tynemouth | 54,138 | 1,741 | 1,017 | 32.2 | 18.8 | 2.03 | 148 |
Tottenham | 119,503 | 3,640 | 1,648 | 30.5 | 13.8 | 2 .18 | 130 |
Wallasey | 64,578 | 1,708 | 869 | 26.5 | 13.5 | 1.83 | 118 |
Willesden | 143,622 | 4,160 | 1,658 | 29.0 | 11.7 | 1.49 | 118 |
West Ham | 301,617 | 9,212 | 4,721 | 30.6 | 15.7 | 3.17 | 150 |
Walthamstow | 121,334 | 3,541 | 1,543 | 29.3 | 12.8 | 2.44 | 134 |
Wolverhampton | 100,729 | 2,761 | 1,487 | 27.5 | 14.8 | 2.28 | 140 |
Walsall | 94,577 | 2,789 | 1,381 | 29.6 | 14.6 | 2.03 | 156 |
West Bromwich | 68,469 | 2,180 | 1,061 | 31.9 | 15.5 | 2.06 | 156 |
Wigan | 87,588 | 2,924 | 1,584 | 33.5 | 18.1 | 2.63 | 162 |
Warrington | 69,280 | 2,248 | 1,264 | 32.5 | 18.3 | 2.93 | 157 |
West Hartlepool | 73,387 | 2,162 | 1,021 | 29.5 | 14.0 | 1.78 | 137 |
York | 83,467 | 2,216 | 1,138 | 26.6 | 13.7 | 1.73 | 124 |