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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1939 and Previous Years
| Year | Gross Population estimated to Middle of each Year | Net Population estimated to Middle of each Year(a) | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Transferable Deaths | Net Deaths Belonging to the District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number | Net (b) | of Non-Residents registered in the District | of Residents registered in the District | Under 1 year of Year Age | At all Ages | ||||||||
| Number | Rate (c) | Number | Rate (d) | Number | Rate per 1,000 Net Births | Number | Rate (e) | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2a | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1935 | 151,390 | 147,470 | 1,697 | 2,050 | 13.9 | 1,069 | 7.0 | 290 | 433 | 88 | 42.8 | 1,212 | 8.2 |
| 1936 | 157,300 | 153,290 | 1,830 | 2,213 | 14.4 | 1,128 | 7.2 | 303 | 466 | 96 | 43.4 | 1,291 | 8.4 |
| 1937 | 163,000 | 159,036 | 1,872 | 2,263 | 14.2 | 1,255 | 7.7 | 338 | 540 | 95 | 42.0 | 1,457 | 9.2 |
| 1938 | 166,900 | 162,991 | 1,847 | 2,289 | 14.0 | 1,134 | 6.8 | 278 | 498 | 84 | 36.7 | 1,354 | 8.3 |
| 1939 | 165,856 | 1,669 | 2,307 | 13.9 | 1,288 | 7.9 | 386 | 548 | 75 | 33.9 | 1,450 | 9.2 | |
| 157,656 | |||||||||||||
(a) The net estimated population is found by deducting the population of Claybury and West Ham Mental
Hospitals from the gross estimated population. The population of Dr. Barnado's Girls' Village Homes
is included in the net estimated population of the district.
(b) The net number of births is obtained by taking the uncorrected number of births supplied by the local Registrar
and adding to or subtracting from it such a number as is supplied for this purpose by the Registrar-General.
(c) and (e) Calculated on the estimated net population.
(d) Calculated on the estimated gross population.
(f) For birth rate. (g) For death rate.