On the comparative mortality of English districts : an address / by H. Franklin Parsons.

  • Parsons, H. Franklin (Henry Franklin), 1846-1913
Date:
1900
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Credit: On the comparative mortality of English districts : an address / by H. Franklin Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Table XYI.—Great Towns of England and Wales, 1888-97. Infant Death-Rates per 1,000 Inhabitants. Prevalent Means of Assessable Bii fth Mortality Town. Water Supply. Excrement Disposal. Ra te. per 1,000 Per Acre. Per Head. Births. Corrected AgeandSex Measles. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping Cough. Fevers. Diarrhoea. London Gravel and clay Thames and chalk wells Entirely W.C CO. 3 * 30 5 155 19.7 21.0 .62 .23 .48 .56 .15 .67 West Ham .. Gravel and alluvium Lek and chalk wells 60.9 3.4 34| [3 154 17.4 18.7 .61 .24 .43 .55 .22 .76 Croydon Chalk, gravel and clay Chalk wells Entirely W.C 13.8 4.2 25j ,5 128 14.4 15.0 .36 .07 .29 .39 .11 .47 Brighton .. Chalk 48.4 6.0 24 19 148 17.5 17.7 .35 .07 .17 .33 .12 .66 Portsmouth Gravel 40.0 3.5 30 1 150 17.4 17.8 .46 .09 -17 .33 .23 .82 Plymouth .. Slate and limestone Upland surface 43.3 3.6 29| ,8 168 20.6 20.0 .57 - .48 .16 .44 .16 .64 Various Springs in limestone and wells 27.1 4.6 281 9 144 18.5 19.2 .46 .16 .13 .45 .12 .50 in red sandstone. Cardiff Alluvium Upland surface and wells in red 29.3 4.8 35, 9 160 18.4 21.3 .44 .21 .31 .47 .17 .82 sandstone. Offll mp'ieiivpQ sinH alluvium 3.3 3.0 32, 33] 157 19.0 .47 .57 .45 .19 .23 .36 1.20 Wolverhampton .. Red sandstone and coal measures Red sandstone wells Pail closets and W.C.’s. 25.0 9 23.0 .25 .30 Birmingham Red sandstone 40.2 4.2 32i 2 180 20.7 22.9 .51 .23 .21 .55 .16 1.11 Norwich Chalk and gravel River Wen sum Midden-privies 14.8 3.0 31J 7 175 19.0 18.2 .34 .10 .21 .45 .24 .87 Leicester Red marl and alluvium Upland surface Pail closets 24.3 3.1 31 17 199 18.4 20.0 .41 .19 .15 .39 .20 1.49 Nottingham Red sandstone and alluvium .. Red sandstone wells 21.5 3.7 28J 8 174 18.8 20.2 .41 .19 .08 .43 .29 .98 Derby Red marl and alluvium Collecting tunnels in superficial gravel. Midden-privies, pail closets, and 30.4 3.3 29] 2 152 17.4 17.9 .34 .14 .13 .39 .20 .70 W.C.’s. Birkenhead Red sandstone and boulder clay Red sandstone wells 32.4 4.4 3lJ 166 19.5 21-4 .54 .17 .19 .51 .32 .75 Liverpool Upland surface Entirely W.C.’s 47.9 5.7 33. 189 25.5 28.0 .70 .45 .17 .62 .35 1.17 Bolton Coal shale and sandstone Midden-privies, pail closets, and W.C.’s. 52.0 3.5 32; 5 179 22.5 25.5 .79 .31 .12 .63 .29 1.26 Manchester Red sandstone and boulder clay Pail closets 41.8 5.4 33J 9 185 24.8 28.2 .80 .35 .26 .61 .26 1.10 Salford Clay and sand Midden-privies 41.7 3.8 33J 198 25.5 28.7 .99 .47 .41 .75 .41 1.40 Oldham Boulder clay on coal shale Pail closets 31.4 3.0 28 178 21.8 25.0 .71 .26 .16 .51 .16 .63 Burnley Coal shale and sandstone W.C., slop-water closets and 27.9 3.0 32 209 21.0 24.1 .65 .29 .22 .38 .26 1.29 privies with earthenware tanks Blackburn Midden-privies and W.C.’s 19.1 3.2 33 2 201 22.6 25.4 .97 .34 .05 .50 .27 1.23 Preston Red sandstone and boulder clay 28.5 3.0 34 234 24.8 27.3 .92 .20 .13 .55 .33 2.05 Huddersfield Shales and sandstone of coal Pail closets 8.6 3.9 22J 9 158 18.3 21.3 .31 .23 .13 .36 .13 .30 Halifax Sandstone and clay Goux closets 11.3 3.5 25] L 158 19.3 21.8 .73 .15 .14 .28 .16 .25 Bradford Shales and sandstone of coal Midden-privies .. 21.7 4.6 26. 8 171 19.5 22.4 .45 .24 .07 .43 .15 .87 measures and boulder clay Leeds Shales and sandstone of coal measures and clay. 19.3 3.1 32; 5 178 20.8 23.1 .46 .20 .11 .43 .22 1.10 Sheffield Do. do. Midden-privies .. 18.1 3.4 34. 0 180 21.4 24.0 .49 .36 .16 .51 .23 1.21 Hull Alluvium Wells in chalk 25.6 2.6 33 El 173 19.8 20.8 .40 .17 .12 .37 .24 1.29 Sunderland.. Boulder clay on magnesian limestone. Wells in magnesian limestone Chiefly midden-privies .. 43.7 3.0 35; 6 169 21.7 22.8 .59 .21 .08 .46 .49 1.12 Gateshead .. Boulder clay and coal measures Upland surface 33.1 2.8 > 35. !5 166 19.6 21.1 .49 .21 .13 .43 .22 1.01 Newcastle .. Pail closets, midden-privies, and 41.5 4.6 34. ]4 167 20.6 22.5 .57 .14 .20 .50 .15 .69 W.C.’s.