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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 1920
[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, &c. of Ilford and other Towns, and England and Wales for the Year 1920.
| Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | ||
| England and Wales | 25.4 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 8.3 | 80 |
| 96 Great Towns, including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000) | 26.2 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.43 | 10.4 | 85 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Census Populations'20,000—50,000) | 24.9 | 11.3 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 014 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 7.8 | 80 |
| London | 26.5 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0'22 | 0.30 | 0.47 | 9.5 | 75 |
| ILFORD (Estimated Population, 82,693) | 20.1 | 9.0 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.1l | 0.03 | 0.15 | 015 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 2.4 | 54 |