Table 2:

United Kingdom smallpox period incidence and case fatality 1900–5. Sources: McVail, Table II, 6 [note 49]; Martin, Table II, 19 [Journal of Hygiene, 34, 1(1934)]; UK Census, 1901 [note 39].

Location	Period in	Cases	1901 Census	Period incidence	Deaths	Case fatality
	years a		population	per		(%)
Lancashire & North-West England
Liverpool	1901–3	2280	684,958	333	160	7.0
Stockport	1902–4	159	78,897	201	15	9.4
Oldham	1902–3	413	137,246	301	32	7.7
Chadderton	1902–5	144	24,000	600	5	3.5
Wigan	1902–3	70	60764	115	1	1.4
Blackburn	1902–3	141	127,626	110	5	3.5
Salford	1902–4	262	220,957	119	12	4.6
Manchester	1902–4	563	543,872	103	33	5.9
Warrington	1903	86	64,242	134	4	4.7
Macclesfield	1903–4	69	37,500	184	5	7.2
Preston	1904–5	172	112,989	152	8	4.7
Bradford	1901	28	279,767	10	0	0.0
St Helens	1902–5	66	84,410	78	3	4.5
ALL	1901–5	4453	2,457,228	181	283	6.3
Yorkshire & Pennines
Ossett Union	1902–3	519	12,903	4022	61	11.8
Heckmondwike	1904	91	9500	958	5	5.5
Dewsbury	1904	552	28,060	1967	57	10.3
Leeds	1902–5	690	428,968	161	35	5.1
Halifax	1903	141	104,936	134	6	4.3
York	1902–4	39	77,914	50	7	17.9
Batley	1904	103	128,712	80	6	5.8
ALL	1902–5	2135	790,993	270	172	8.0
Central England
Leicester	1902–4	731	211,579	345	30	4.1
Derby	1903–4	255	105,912	241	5	2.0
Nottingham	1903–5	479	239,743	200	17	3.5
Sheffield	1902–4	141	380,793	37	5	3.5
Northampton	1902–3	44	87,021	51	9	20.5
Birmingham	1902–5	364	522,204	70	17	4.7
ALL	1902–5	2014	1,547,252	130	83	4.1
North-East England
Tynemouth	1902–5	328	51,366	639	17	5.2
South Shields	1902–5	272	97,263	280	14	5.1
Chester-le-Street	1903–4	106	34,000	312	6	5.7
Newcastle	1903–5	628	215,328	294	28	4.5
Durham	1902	35	419,782	8	1	2.9
Sunderland	1902–3	66	146,077	45	4	6.1
Hull	1903–4	141	240,259	77	8	5.4
ALL	1902–5	1576	1,204,075	131	78	4.9
South Wales and South-West England
Swansea	1902	187	94,537	198	187	17.1
Cardiff	1901–5	96	164,333	58	5	5.2
Portsmouth	1902–5	20	188,133	11	1	5.0
Bristol	1903–5	125	328,945	38	1	3.2
ALL	1902–5	428	479,948	89	39	9.1
London
Greater London	1901–2	9484	6,226,494	152 (203) b	1540	16.2
Scotland and Ireland
Glasgow	1900–4	3413 c	762,000	448	371	10.9
Edinburgh	1900–4	191	303,638	63	16	8.4
Dundee	1903–4	175	154,734	113	12	6.9
Rest of Scotland	1900–4	2844	3,251,731	87	235	8.3
Dublin (hospital)	1903–4	243	448,000	54	33	13.6

^aAnnual periods may not include all months of the year dependent on month outbreak commenced or resolved.

^bBrackets is incidence estimate based on inner city London population alone.

^cIncludes some cases from beyond city boundaries.