Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The comparative figures for the past 10 years are as follows:β
Year | No. of Deaths under 1 year | Rate per 1,000 Registered Live Births |
---|---|---|
1952 | 44 | 18.9 |
1951 | 50 | 21.0 |
1950 | 45 | 18.7 |
1949 | 53 | 20.1 |
1948 | 62 | 21.7 |
1947 | 82 | 24.3 |
1946 | 102 | 29.6 |
1945 | 81 | 32.7 |
1944 | 102 | 36.8 |
1943 | 92 | 35.1 |
The mean average Infant Mortality rate for the past 10 years is therefore 259 per 1,000 live births.
The following table shows the comparison for Ilford. England and Wales, London, and Towns having a population exceeding 50,000 for the past 10 years:β
Year. | Ilford | England and Wales | London | Towns with population over 50,000 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | 18.9 | 28 | 24 | 31 |
1951 | 21.0 | 30 | 26 | 34 |
1950 | 18.7 | 30 | 26 | 34 |
1949 | 20.1 | 32 | 29 | 37 |
1948 | 21.7 | 34 | 39 | 32 |
1947 | 24.3 | 41 | 47 | 36 |
1946 | 29.6 | 43 | 41 | 46 |
1945 | 32.7 | 46 | 53 | 54 |
1944 | 36.8 | 46 | 61 | 52 |
1943 | 35. 1 | 49 | 58 | 58 |
N eonatal M ortality .βThe death-rate of infants under four weeks of age is known as the Neonatal Mortality. There were 32 deaths of infants under four weeks of age during 1952 and the rate for the year was 13 8 per 1,000 live births.
The figures for the past 47 years were as follows:β
Year | Number | Rate | Year | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | 32 | 13.8 | 1928 | 41 | 23.6 |
1951 | 40 | 16.8 | 1927 | 32 | 19.3 |
1950 | 32 | 13.3 | 1926 | 32 | 21.2 |
1949 | 33 | 12.5 | 1925 | 37 | 24.9 |
1948 | 37 | 12.9 | 1924 | 28 | 19.5 |
1947 | 51 | 15.1 | 1923 | 34 | 21.2 |
1946 | 74 | 21.5 | 1922 | 40 | 27.1 |
1945 | 49 | 19.8 | 1921 | 38 | 25.5 |
1944 | 64 | 23.1 | 1920 | 45 | 27.0 |
1943 | 54 | 20.6 | 1919 | 36 | 30.8 |
1942 | 49 | 20.3 | 1918 | 32 | 30.4 |
1941 | 36 | 22.0 | 1917 | 29 | 24.7 |
1940 | 43 | 22.3 | 1916 | 43 | 28.8 |
1939 | 57 | 25.8 | 1915 | 54 | 35.1 |
1938 | 50 | 21.8 | 1914 | 43 | 28.7 |
1937 | 52 | 23.0 | 1913 | 37 | 24.6 |
1936 | 59 | 26.7 | 1912 | 45 | 30.2 |
1935 | 51 | 24.8 | 1911 | 34 | 21.4 |
1934 | 37 | 18.8 | 1910 | 54 | 32.2 |
1933 | 48 | 25.9 | 1909 | 56 | 34.0 |
1932 | 41 | 20.6 | 1908 | 55 | 33.2 |
1931 | 64 | 32.3 | 1907 | 54 | 31.5 |
1930 | 31 | 16.8 | 1906 | 57 | 33.5 |
1929 | 48 | 27.4 |