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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: Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) :—

Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) :—

Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births
1940193919401939
No. 29, Puerperal sepsis311.50.44
No. 30, Other puerperal causes331.501.31
Total643.001.75

Table: Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—

Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—

19401939
All infants per 1,000 live births32.833.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births32.033.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births62.557.7
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)206261
„ Measles (all ages)——
,, Whooping Cough (all ages)——
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)32
2. Population.
The number of patients and resident staff on the 30th June, 1940, at the following public institutions, was
Claybury Mental Hospital and Emergency Hospital2,674
West Ham Mental Hospital and Emergency Hospital1,503
Australasian Hospital (Girls' Village Homes)79
Total4,256

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The net population for 1940 of 144,654 is obtained bv deducting the population
in institutions (4,256) from the Registrar-General's Estimate, 148,910,
and this is the figure used as the basis for compiling the various rates in this
report, excluding Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates.
3. Births.—The number of births registered during the year was 2,024-
Males Females
Legitimate 1,015 959
Illegitimate 29 21
i.e., 2.47 per cent of the births registered were illegitimate.
The birth-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population of 144,654
is 13.9 per 1,000.
4. Deaths.—-The total number of deaths of Ilford residents was 1,541This
is obtained by taking the total deaths registered in the district (1,538),
subtracting the deaths of non-residents occuring in the district (481), and
adding the deaths of Ilford residents registered as having died in other
districts (484).