Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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in 1929; 15.8 in 1928; 15.8 in 1927; 15.6 in 1926; 16.5 in 1925;
16.2 in 1924; 18.8 in 1923; 17.8 in 1922; 18.3 in 1921.
5. Deaths.—The total number of deaths of Ilford residents
was 1,194.
This is obtained by taking the total deaths registered in the
district (1,048), subtracting the deaths of non-residents occurring in
the district (270), and adding the deaths of Ilford residents registered
as having died in other districts (416).
The total number of deaths registered in the district
during the year was 1,048
Number of deaths of non-residents registered in
the district (principally in large institutions) 270
The latter 270 deaths occurred as follows:—
In Claybury (L.C.C.) Mental Hospital 154
In West Ham Borough Mental Hospital 62
In King George Hospital 32
Other Non-Residents 22
270
Included in the deaths of residents belonging to the district
are 3 which occurred in Dr. Barnardo's Village Homes.
The total number of deaths of Ilford residents registered as
having died in other districts during the year was 416. This
figure includes deaths at the following institutions:—
The Infirmary, Romford 215
Essex County Mental Hospital 16
The London Hospital 23
Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham 14
Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street 8
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 13
Charing Cross Hospital 9
Royal Eastern Counties' Institution 2
Middlesex Hospital 2
St. Thomas's Hospital 1
Westminster Hospital 2
National Hospital, Queen Squar 2
University College Hospital 2
Severalls Mental Hospital, Colchester 5
London Fever Hospital 4
Whipps Cross Hospital 5
In other Hospitals, Institutions and Residences outside the
Ilford District 94
Total 416