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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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BIRTHS.
Number of births registered during the year 1,167
Legitimate Males 584, Females oTS
Illegitimate Males 35, Females 29
The birth-rate, calculated on the Registrar-General's estimate
of the population of 82,840 for this purpose is 14.1 per 1,000.
As compared with 12.9 in 1918
14.4 in 1917
17.2 in 1916
19.1 in 1915
18.3 in 1914
DEATHS.
Total number of deaths registered in district during
the year was 1,029
Number of deaths of non-residents registered in the
district (principally in the large institutions) 416
These deaths occurred as follows:—
| In Claybury (L.C.C.) Mental Hospital | 290 |
| In West Ham Borough Mental Hospital | 105 |
| In Ilford Isolation Ho-spital and Sanatorium | 3 |
| In Emergency Hospital | 4 |
| Other non-residents | 8 |
| Total | 416 |
To be added to the total are 176 deaths of Ilford residents
registered as having died in other districts,