View report page

8
Death-rate of Infants under one vear of age:—
1941
1940
All infants per 1,000 live births
40.9
32.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
38.5
32.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
105.3
62.5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)
271
206
,, Measles (all ages)
4
—
,, Whooping Cough (all ages)
9
—
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
5
3
1. Rainfall .
Total rainfall registered in the district during the year was 24.18 inches,
the greatest fall in 24 hours was registered on 6th December, being .87 inches.
Rain fell on 138 days.
2. Population.
The number of patients and resident staff on the 30th June, 1941, at
the following public institutions, was:—
Claybury Mental Hospital and Emergency Hospital 2,661
West Ham Mental Hospital and Emergency Hospital 1,528
Australasian Hospital (Girls' Village Homes) 76
Total 4,265
3. Births.—The number of births registered during the year was 1,816
Males Females
Legitimate 901 855
Illegitimate 36 24
i.e., 3.29 per cent, of the births registered were illegitimate.
The birth-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population is 13.3
per 1,000.
4. Deaths.—The total number of deaths of Ilford residents was 1,627
This is obtained by taking the total deaths registered in the district (1,874),
subtracting the deaths of non-residents occuring in the district (754), and
adding the deaths of Ilford residents registered as having died in other
districts (507).
The death-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population is
11.9 per 1,000.
Inquests.—During the year, 64 inquests were held in the district, 32 on
Ilford residents, and 32 on non-residents.
The ages at death were as follows:—
Under 1-2 2-5 5-15 15-25 25-45 45-65 65 years and
1 year years years years years years years upwards
2 1 2 4 3 16 20 16
Death-Rates from Tuberculosis and Cancer. 1941.
The following Table shows the death-rates for 1941 for Ilford, compared
with the provisional death-rates for England and Wales for the same period,
per 1,000 population; the figures having been supplied by the RegistrarGeneral:—
Ilford
England and Wales
Respiratory Tuberculosis
.511
.601
Other Tuberculosis
.124
.127
Cancer
1.980
1.775