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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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2.—Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
1928. 1929.
Total number of Births Registered—
Legitimate 1,704 1,715
Illegitimate 35 40
1,739 1,755
Birth-rate per 1,000 of population 15.8 15.6
Total number of Stillbirths Registered—
Legitimate—
Males 18 31
Females 20 16
Illegitimate—
Males — 1
Females 1 1
39 49
Total number of Deaths Registered—
Males 462 541
Females . 462 556
924 1,097
Death-rate per 1,000 of population 8.4 9.7
Number of Women dying in, or in
consequence of, Childbirth—
Sepsis 2 3
Other causes 5 4
7 7
Maternal Mortality per 1,000 births 4.0 4.0
Total number of Deaths of Infants under
1 year of age—
Legitimate 69 83
Illegitimate 10 4
79 87
Infant Mortality per 1,000 births—
Legitimate 40 48
Illegitimate 285 100