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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Total. M. F. 1931. 1930.
Legitimate 1,938 1,017 921 Rirth
Live Births 56 21 20 Rate 15.4 15.2
Rate per
1,000
Still Births56 32 24
total
births 27.5 33.0
Deaths 1,194 592 602 Death rate 9.3 8.1
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions
47.9 38.9
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy
an 1 childbirth:—
From sepsis 6 2
From other causes 1 5
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age per
1,000 live births:—
Legitimate, 55.7 Illegitimate, 48.8. Total 55.6 33.0
Deaths from Measles (all ages) — 9
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 4 2
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6 9
Diphtheria has been less prevalent in the Town than in any year
since 1927.
After three years of heavy incidence, Scarlet Fever was less
prevalent.
1. Physical Features and General Character of the
District.—Vide Annual Report, 1925.