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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Area and Population of the District to which this Return relates.
Area in Acres 8,492
Population (1891) 10,913
„ Estimated to middle of 1896 18,000
Death rate, General 10.111 per 1,000 Population, estimated to middle of
1896.
„ Infants under one year of age, 122.98 per 1,000 Births Registered.
| Place. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||
| Ilford | 182 | 6l | 18 | 12 | 4 | 46 | 41 | Under 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | l6 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 76 | |||||
| 5 upwds. | I | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | '7 | '3 | 14 | 3 | 42 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Dr. Barnardo's Village Homes at Barkingside | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 upwds. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| City of London Lunatic Asylum at Claybury | 296 | 1 | 6 | 228 | 61 | 5 upwds. | 4 | 21 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 176 | 296 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 483 | 6l | 18 | 16 | 12 | 274 | 102 | Under 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 76 | |||||
| 5 upwds. | I | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 5° | 44 | 49 | 3 | 219 | 407 | ||||||||||