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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 1959
[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, London (Admin. County),
and of England and Wales for the Year 1959.
| 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 | 16.5 | 20.9 | 11.6 | 22.2 | 0.5 | - | 173 | 1.4 | 602 |
| London Admin. County | 17.3 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 22.3 | 0.9 | - | 181 | 5.0 | 817 |
| ILFORD (Estimated Population | |||||||||
| mid-1959=178,600) | 12.41 | 21.6 | 11.29 | 14.9 | - | - | 1401 | 5.62 | 8063 |
| A dash ( —) signifies that there were no deaths. | 125 deaths | 21 death. | 3144 deaths. | ||||||