Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE I a
Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1954
Rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | Rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Related Live Births | Death rate per million Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
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Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Enteritis and Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | |||||
Live Births | Stillbirths | Deaths (all ages) | Deaths under 1 year | |||||||
England and Wales | 15.2 | 23.4 | 11.3 | 25.5 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 47 | 2.7 | 482 | .8 |
Great Towns | 16.8 | 25.6 | 12.0 | 29.1 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 41 | 3.2 | 502 | .9 |
Smaller Towns | 15.4 | 22.3 | 11.3 | 23.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 47 | 4.5 | 493 | .5 |
ILFORD (Estimated Population mid-1954= 182,700) | 11.6 | 24.9 | 10.5 | 18.7 | — | — | 44 | 5.5 | 421' | .4 |
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. 8 deaths. *1 death. '*77 deaths.