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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Total number of Deaths Registered— 1924. 1925.
Males 415 450
Females 462 440
— 877 — 890
Death rate per 1,000 of population 9.9 9.9
Number of Women dying in, or in consequence
of, childbirth—
Sepsis — 1
Other causes 1 3
— 1 — 4
Maternal Mortality per 1,000 births 0.69 2.6
Total number of Deaths of Infants under
1 year of age—
Legitimate 55 67
Illegitimate 7 11
— 62 — 78
Infant Mortality per 1,000 births—
Legitimate 39 46
Illegitimate 226 224
Infant Mortality per 1,000 registered births 43.2 52.4
Total number of Deaths from seven
principal Zymotic Diseases 21 23
Zymotic death-rate per 1,000 of population .24 .25
Total number of Deaths from—
Measles (all ages) 11 4
Whooping Cough (all ages) 2 3
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6 13