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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 1952
[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 1952
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| Rate per 1,000 Total Home Population | Death-rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Smallpox | Tuberculosis (all forms) | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioenceph- alitis | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.) | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |||
| Live Births | Stillbirths | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 0.35 22.6(a) | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1.1 | 27.6(b) |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.9 | 0.43 24.6(a) | 12.1 | 0.00 | - | 0.28 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1.3 | 31.2 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1951) | 15.5 | 0.36 23.0(a) | 11.2 | 0.00 | - | 0.22 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| London Administrative County | 17.6 | 0.34 19.2(a) | 12.6 | — | — | 0.31 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 23.8 |
| ILFORD (Estimated Gross Population, mid 1952=182,200) | 12.7 | 0.28 21.4(a) | 9.9 | - | - | 0.11 | 0.29 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.4 | 18.94 |
(a) Per 1,000 total (Live and Still Births). A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births.