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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE 1 A
Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1953
| Rate per 1,000 Total Home Population | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Death-rate per 1,000 Home Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | Tuberculosis (all forms) | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.) | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |||||
| Live Births | Stillbirths | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 15.5(c) | 0.35 | 11.4(c) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.55 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 1.1 | 26.8(6) |
| 22.4(a) | |||||||||||||
| 160 County Boroughs and Great | |||||||||||||
| Towns, including London | 17.0(c) | 0.43 | 12.2(c) | 0.00 | o-oo | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 1.3 | 30.8 |
| 24.8(a) | |||||||||||||
| 160 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1951) | 15.7(c) | 0.34 | 11.3(c) | 0 00 | 0.19 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.9 | 24.3 | |
| 21.4(a) | |||||||||||||
| London Administrative County | 17.5(c) | 0.38 | 12.5(c) | — | — | 0.24 | 0.64 | 0.00 | — | 0.15 | 0.01 | 1.1 | 24.8 |
| 21.0(a) | |||||||||||||
| ILFORD (Estimated Population, mid 1953 = 181,200) | 11.9(c) | 0.34 | 11.0(c) | 0 .15 | 0.52 | 0.00 | - | 0.12 | - | 0.4 | 20.1 | ||
| 26.6(a) | |||||||||||||
(a) Per 1,000 total (Live and Still Births). A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births.
(c) Adjusted by comparability factor.