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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TABLE IA.
Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of IIford. other Towns, and of England and
Wales for the Year 1931.
Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diairhua and Enteritis (under2Yrs). | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Tnquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
Live Births. | Stillbirths. | ||||||||||||||||
England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.067 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 6.0 | 66 | 91.18 | 6.17 | 1.70 | 0.95 |
107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.0 | 0.067 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 8.4 | 71 | 91.43 | 5.84 | 2.24 | 0.49 |
159 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000—50,000) | 15.6 | 0.73 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 4.0 | 62 | 92 17 | 5.49 | 1.25 | 1.09 |
London | 15.0 | 0.50 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 9.7 | 65 | 89.52 | 6.23 | 4.24 | 0.01 | |
ILFORD (Estimated Gross Population, 132,150 mid. 1931) | 14.9 | 0.42 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.007 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.27 | 3.0 | 55.6 | 90.8 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 |