London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE 1A
Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales
for the Year 1941 (
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs. | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |||
| Live Births | Still- births | |||||||||||
| England and Wales | 14.2 | 0.51 | 12.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 5.1 | 59 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.7 | 0.58 | 14.9 | 0.00 | _ | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 7.5 | 71 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931).. | 16.4 | 0.60 | 13.0 | 0.00 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 4.6 | 56 |
| London Administrative Co. | 8.9 | 0.33 | 16.3 | 0.01 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 6.8 | 68 |
| ILFORD | 12.8 | 0 47 | 11 5 | — | - | 0.03 | — | 0 06 | 0 02 | 0.17 | 2.7 | 40. 9 |