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Ilford 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was
1,587, giving a birth-rate of 26.25.
This is the lowest birth-rate for some years.
The increase in the number of births is by no means keeping pace with the increase of population.
| Population. | Rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| In 1900 the total No. of births was | 1,037 | 34,399 | 30.0 |
| „ 1901 „ „ „ | 1,194 | 39,022 | 30.5 |
| ,, 1902 „ „ ,, | 1,334 | 44,530 | 29.9 |
| „ 1903 ,, „ „ | 1,522 | 49,646 | 30.6 |
| „ 1904 „ „ „ | 1,548 | 54,120 | 28.6 |
| „ 1905 „ „ „ | 1,587 | 60,441 | 26.2 |
In a district like Ilford where the population is largely
composed of young married people, this is a very serious
matter; moreover, it is exactly what is occurring all over the
country, and while conditions of life remain as they are at
the present time there is every prospect of the same causes
continuing to operate, with a diminishing birth-rate as the
result.
Increasing civilisation and a high birth-rate do not go
together, either in this country or any other.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered for 1905 was 897.
The total number of deaths registered for the district
proper, apart from the institutions, is 549.