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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Total number of Deaths Registered— 1923. 1924.
Males 380 415
Females 428 162
808 877
Death rate per 1,000 of population 9.5 9.9
Number of Women dying in, or in consequence
of, childbirth—
Sepsis 3 —
Other causes 1 1
- 4 - 1
Maternal Mortality per 1,000 births 2.49 0.69
Total number of Deaths of Infants under
1 year of age—
Legitimate 59 55
Illegitimate 7 7
- 66 - 62
Infant Mortality per 1,000 births—
Legitimate 38 39
Illegitimate 1171 226
Infant Mortality per 1,000 registered births 41.1 43.2
Total number of Deaths from seven
principal Zymotic Diseases 22 21
Zymotic death-rate per 1,000 of population .26 .24
Total number of Deaths from—
Measles (all ages) 2 11
Whooping Cough (all ages) 4 2
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3 6