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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| Area (in Acres) | Land | 8,402 | 8,435 | |
| Inland Water | 26 | |||
| Tidal Water | 7 | |||
| Population (Census, 1931) | 131,061 | |||
| „ (Census, 1921) | 85,194 | |||
| Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Population— | ||||
| June 30th, 1940 | 148,910 | |||
| June 30th, 1939— | ||||
| For birth rate | 169,800 | |||
| For death rate | 161,600 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1940) according to Rate Books | 44,000 | |||
| (approx.) | ||||
| Rateable Value—October 1st, 1940 (Houses and Land) | £1,590,326 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, October 1st, 1940 | £6,020 | |||
| Education Rate— | 1939.40 | 1940.41 | ||
| Elementary | 2s. 4.64d. | 2s. 5.17d. | ||
| in the £ | in the £ | |||
| Higher (County) | 0s. 10.26d. | 0s. 10.42d. | ||
| in the / | in the £ | |||
| (Ilford Council) | 0s. ,06d. | 0s. ,06d. | ||
| in the £ | in the £ | |||
| Combined Rate (all services) | 13s. l1d. | 13s. l1d. | ||
| in the £ | in the £ | |||
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour, and are in respect of Ilford residents only :—
| 2,562 | |||||
| „ „ „ „ „ 1940 | 674 | ||||
| 1,736 | |||||
| „ „ „ „ „ 1940 | 1,179 | ||||
| Live Births | Total M. | F. | 1940 | 1939 | |
| Legitimate 1,974 1,015 | 959 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | |||
| Illegitimate 50 29 | 21 | 13.9 | 13.9 | ||
| Still Births | 79 41 | 38 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 37.5 | 30.2 |
| Deaths | 1,541 780 | 761 J | | Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.6 | 9.2 |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 38.7 | 34.7 | |||