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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE 1A
Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1940
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.) | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |||
| Live Births | Stillbirths | |||||||||||
| England and Wales | 14.6 | 0.55 | 14.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 4.6 | 55 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.0 | 0.64 | 15.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 5.9 | 61 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.7 | 0.55 | 12.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 4.4 | 54 |
| London Administrative Co. | 13.7 | 0.44 | 17.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 5.8 | 50 |
| ILFORD (Estimated, Gross Population, 148,910 mid. 1940 | 13.6 | 0.53 | 10.3 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | 0.03 | 0.41 | 1.4 | 31.1 |