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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 1948
[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 1921) | 85,194 | |||||
| „ (Census 1931) | 131,061 | |||||
| Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Population:— | ||||||
| June 30th, 1945 | 151,520 | |||||
| 1946 | 173,900 | |||||
| 1947 | 179,820 | |||||
| 1948 | 183,400 | |||||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1948) according to Rate Books | 45,991 (approx.) | |||||
| Rateable Value—April 1st, 1948 (Houses and Land) | £1,580,011 | |||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1948 | £6,370 (approx.) | |||||
| Education Rate— | 1947-48 | 1948-19 | ||||
| (E.C.C.) | 5s. | ll.66d. | 6s. | 6'85d. | ||
| in the £ | in the £ | |||||
| Combined Rate (all services) | 17s. | 6d. | 19s. | . 4d. | ||
| in the £ | in the £ | |||||
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—
| Males. | Females. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As at December, 1947 | 556 | 68 | |||||
| As at December, 1948 | 714 | 152 | |||||
| Live Births | Total | M. | F. | 1948 | 1947 | ||
| Legitimate | 2,757 | 1,436 | 1,321 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population Rate per 1,000 | 15.8 | 19.1 | |
| Illegitimate | 91 | 43 | 48 | ||||
| Still Births | 65 | 35 | 30 | total (live and still) births | 22.3 | 24.6 | |
| Deaths | 1,518 | 765 | 753 | Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 8.4 | 98 | |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 26.7 | 27.5 | |||||