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The number of deaths of Ilford residents registered as having died in
other districts during the year was as follows, and includes deaths at the
following Institutions:—
Oldchurch County Hospital, Romford 67
Essex County Mental Hospital, Brentwood 15
Essex County Hospital, Wanstead 16
Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham 3
Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street 5
London Hospital 45
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 12
Charing Cross Hospital 2
Westminster Hospital 1
Royal Eastern Counties Institution, Colchester 1
St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping 3
Severalls Mental Hospital, Colchester 23
East Ham Memorial Hospital 3
Poplar Hospital 4
Whipps Cross Hospital 6
St. Luke's Hospital 2
Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield 1
In other Hospitals, Institutions and residences outside
the Ilford district 219
Total 428
The death rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population of
170,331, is 9.7 per 1,000.
Inquests.—During the year, 64 inquests were held, 45 on Ilford residents,
and 19 on non-residents.
The ages at death were as Following:-
Under
1 year
1-2
years
2-5
years
5-15
years
15-25
years
25-45
years
45-65
years
65 years and
upwards
2
—
1
2
6
20
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Death-Rates from Tuberculosis and Cancer, 1946.
The following Table shows the death-rates for 1946 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 Registrar-
General:—
Ilford
England and Wales
Respiratory Tuberculosis
.334
.464
Other Tuberculosis
.050
.083
Cancer
1.867
1.843
5.—Public Assistance Relief.—The total amount expended in Ilford
during the year was £27,980 3s. 0d. The average weekly number of cases
in receipt of relief was 603, including dependants.
The number of admissions to County Institutions from Ilford during
the year was 1,274, made up as follows:—
Men 458
Women 646
Children 170
The number of destitute persons admitted to the Public Assistance
Institutions during 1946 was 7; women 2, children 5.
6. Marriages.—1,739 marriages took place in the Ilford district
during 1946, both parties or one of the contracting parties being Ilford
residents.
7. Tables of Vital Statistics.—Table 1 gives a comparative statement
of the birth-rate and death-rate for the past five years.
Table 1a gives a comparison of the vital statistics of Ilford with England
and Wales, London and other towns.
Table II gives a classified statement of the causes of death in 1946.
arranged according to the age groups at which deaths ocourred.