[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On the other hand, compared with the four earlier years (1890-93), tire rate last year was below that of three out of the four, and 1-9 deaths per 1,000 of the population below the average of those four years. COMPARISON WITH THE NINE LARGE TOWNS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. Our death-rate, which we have called above 20*0, when carried to two, instead of one place of decimals is 19*97. Calculated as the Registrar-General does, after excluding the TABLE Shewing the death-rates in the Nine Largest Cities of the United Kingdom for the 52 weeks, and each of the 13 week periods of 1897. First quarter of 1897. Second quarter of i897- Third quarter of 1897. Fourth quarter of 1897. 52 Weeks. London 18*4 OS 19-4 19*4 18*2 Leeds 20'0 i6'7 21' p 20'<? J9‘9 Sheffield 18-5 i9'4 26' I 20’8 21*2 Edinburgh 2 2'4 25-0 I 8‘4 19-4 21*3 Birmingham 20-9 18*3 26-3 20-8 21*6 Glasgow 26-8 21 *o I9-4 20*6 22*0 Manchester 23'5 22'7 26*0 20*2 23*1 Liverpool 23-9 2 I ’8 28-8 22*9 24*4 Dublin 40’1 27'3 24-0 24 6 29*0