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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE I a
Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1957
| 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 | 16.1 | 22.5 | 11.5 | 23.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 149 | 5.0 | 524 |
| Great Towns | 16.1 | 22.5 | 11.5 | 23.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 145 | 4.4 | 577 |
| Smaller Towns | 16.0 | 23.2 | 11.4 | 23.5 | 2.7 | — | 150 | 3.8 | 474 |
| ILFORD (Estimated Population mid-1957 = 179,600) | 12.23 | 18.1 | 11.3 | 17.1 | — | — | 1721 | 5.62 | 4733 |
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. 1 31 deaths. 2 1 death 3 85 deaths.