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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 1956
[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 1956
| Rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | Rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Related Live Births | Death rate per million Population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | |||||
| Live Births | Stillbirths | Deaths (all ages) | Deaths under 1 year | ||||||
| England and Wales | 15.6 | 22.9 | 11.7 | 23.8 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 59 | 2.5 | 519 |
| Great Towns | 15.6 | 23.0 | 11.6 | 24.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 44 | 2.0 | 571 |
| Smaller Towns | 15.6 | 22.7 | 11.6 | 24.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 50 | 3.7 | 450 |
| ILFORD (Estimated Population mid-1956 = 180,600) | 11.4 | 19.9 | 10.9 | 15.6 | - | - | 391 | - | 5202 |
| A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. 1 7 deaths. 2 94 deaths. | |||||||||