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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE IA
Table showing comparison between the Birth.rate, Death.rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1950
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population | Annual Death.rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still bitths | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Smallpox | Tuberculosis (all forms) | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencphalitis | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.) | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |
| England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.37 | 11.0 | 0.00 | — | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 1.9 | 30 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.6 | 0.45 | 12.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 2.2 | 34 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 16.7 | 0.38 | 11.6 | 0.00 | - | 0.33 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 1.6 | 29 |
| London Administrative County | 17.8 | 0.36 | 11.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.39 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 1.0 | 26 |
| ILFORD (Estimated Gross Population, mid 1950 180,200 | 12.9 | 0.26 | 9.5 | — | — | 0.25 | 0.21 | — | — | 0.06 | 0.01 | — | 18 |
(a) Rates per 1,000 total population; otherwise rates are based on civilian population A dash (— ) signifies that there were no deaths.