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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales
for the Year 1946
| 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 | Stillbirths | |||||||||||
| England and Wales | 19.1 | 0.53 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 4.4 | 43 | |||||
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 0.67 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 46 | ||||||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 21.3 | 0.59 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 37 | ||||
| London Administrative Co. | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | — | 0.00 | 0.12 | 4.2 | 41 | ||||
| ILFORD (Estimated Gross Population, mid 1946 = 173,900) | 19.8 | 0.54 | 9.5 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 29 | |||
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.