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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1944 and Previous Years.
| Year | Gross Population, estimated to middle of each Year. | Net Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Uncorrected Number | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Transferable Deaths | Net Deaths Belonging to the District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net (b) | of Non-Residents registered in the District | of Residents not registered in the District | Under 1 Year of Age | At all Ages | |||||||||
| Number | Rate (c) | Number | Rate (d) | ||||||||||
| Number Rate per 1,000 Net Births | Number | Rate (e) | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 a | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1940 | 148,910 | 144,654 | 1,558 | 2,024 | 13.9 | 1,538 | 10.3 | 481 | 484 | 63 | 32.8 | 1,541 | 10.6 |
| 1941 | 141,000 | 136,835 | 1,164 | 1,816 | 13.3 | 1,874 | 13.3 | 754 | 507 | 67 | 40.9 | 1,627 | 11.9 |
| 1942 | 144,460 | 140,320 | 1,679 | 2,415 | 17.2 | 1,326 | 9.2 | 386 | 546 | 74 | 30.6 | 1,486 | 10.6 |
| 1943 | 147,600 | 143,361 | 1,795 | 2,621 | 18.2 | 1,416 | 9.6 | 376 | 590 | 92 | 35.1 | 1,630 | 11.4 |
| 1944 | 149,330 | 145,079 | 1 ,949 | 2,771 | 19.1 | 1,517 | 11.1 | 404 | 544 | 102 | 36 8 | 1,657 | 11.4 |
(а) The net estimated population is found by deducting the population of Claybury and West Ham Mental and E.M.S. Hospitals from the gross estimated population.
The population of Dr. Bamardo's Girls' Village Homes is included in the net estimated population of the dis trict.
(b) The net number of births is obtained by taking the uncorrected number of births supplied by the local Registrar and adding to or subtracting from it such
a number as is supplied for this purpose by the Registrar-General.
(c) and (e) Calculated on the estimated net population. (d) Calculated on the estimated gross population.