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Hornchurch 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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Death rate of infants under one year of age—
All infants per thousand live births 57.4
Legitimate infants per thousand legitimate live births 54.7
Illegitimate infants per thousand illegitimate live births 148.1
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 6
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
Note : The population figures estimated by the Registrar-General
and used in computing the above rates is 52,256.
The acreage, population, and number of persons per acre as enumerated at the Census of 1931 are set out in the table below.
| Acreage | Persons | Persons per acre | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||
| Hornchurch wards— | ||||
| Harold Wood | 1,156 | 1,850 | 1,920 | 3.3 |
| North West | 1,191 | 6,210 | 6,444 | 10.6 |
| South | 2,877 | 1,939 | 1,631 | 1.2 |
| Village | 1,559 | 4,068 | 4,355 | 5.4 |
| Romford Rural District parishes— | ||||
| Cranham | 1,879 | 624 | 616 | 0.66 |
| Rainham | 3,247 | 2,005 | 1,892 | 1.20 |
| Upminster | 3,375 | 2,622 | 3,110 | 1.70 |
| Wennington | 1,299 | 189 | 170 | 0.28 |
| * Great Warley | 2,889 | 1,226 | 1,450 | 0.93 |
| Total | 16,583 | 19,507 | 20,138 | — |
| *A part only of the parish of Great Warlev is included in the enlarged | ||||
Hornchurch and the census figures of this parish are, therefore, not
included in the totals.
The enlarged Urban District of Hornchurch as constituted on the
1st April, 1934, consisted of the above wards and parishes with the
exception of a very small part of the North West Ward which was added
to the Urban District of Romford ; and with the addition of more than
half of the parish of Great Warley.
The enlarged Hornchurch is divided into wards as follows :—
No. of Local
Government
Electors, No. of
Ward, October, 1934 Councillors
Cranham 869 1
Emerson Park 4,263 3
Harold Wood 2,744 2
NorthWest 7,176 5
Rainham 2,779 2
Thameside 1,631 1
Town 5,700 4
Upminster 4,513 3