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Ilford 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE IA
Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the
Year 1951
| Rate per 1,000 Home Population | Death-rate per 1,000 Home Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Smallpox | Tuberculosis (all forms) | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.) | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |||
| Live Births | Stillbirths | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.36 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.61 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 1.4 | 29.6(a) |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.3 | 0.45 | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.65 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 1.6 | 33.9 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 16.7 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 1.0 | 27.6 |
| London Administrative County | 17.8 | 0.37 | 13.1 | — | — | 0.38 | 0.61 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
| ILFORD (Estimated Gross Population, mid 1951 = 181,600) | 13.0 | 0.33 | 10.1 | - | - | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.01 | - | 0.13 | 0.00 | - | 21.04 |
(a) Per 1,000 related Live Births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
B