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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE 1a
showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales
for the Year 1942 (Provisional figures).
| 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 | 15.8 | 0.54 | 11 .6 | 0. 0 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 5.2 | 49 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.3 | 0.66 | 13.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 7.5 | 59 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 18.4 | 0.62 | 12.1 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 4.8 | 46 |
| London Administrative Co. | 14.0 | 0.48 | 13.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 8.6 | 60 |
| ILFORD | 16.7 | 0.54 | 10.3 | 0 00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 1.2 | 30.6 |