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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 1955
[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 and Inland Water Tidal Water | 8,425 | 8,432 | |||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||
| Population (Census 1921) | 85,194 | |||||||||
| „ (Census 1931) | 131,061 | |||||||||
| „ (Census 1951) | 184,706 | |||||||||
| Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Population:— | ||||||||||
| June 30th 1952 | 182,200 | |||||||||
| „ „ 1953 | 181,200 | |||||||||
| „ „ 1954 | 182,700 | |||||||||
| „ „ 1955 | 181.700 | |||||||||
| Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1955) according to Rate Books (approx.) | 51,999 | |||||||||
| Rateable Value—April 1st, 1955 (Houses and Land) £1 | 705,033 | |||||||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1955 (approx.) | £,6960 | |||||||||
| Education Rate— | 1955-56 | 1954-55 | ||||||||
| (E.C.C.) | 10s. 0.69d. in the £ | 9s.7.3d. in the £ | ||||||||
| Combined Rate (all services) | 23s. 4d. in the £ | 23s. 4d. in the £ | ||||||||
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—
| Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As at January, 1955 | 401 | 113 | ||||||||
| As at January, 1956 | 410 | 111 | ||||||||
| Live Births— | 1955 | 1954 | ||||||||
| Legitimate | 2,045 | 1,041 | 1.0041 | Crude rate | 11.56 | 12.00 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 55 | 35 | 20 | Adjusted rate | 11.21 | 11.64 | ||||
| Stillbirths | 49 | 22 | 27 | 22.80 | 24.89 | |||||
| Deaths 2,081 1.032 1,0491 | | Crude rate | 11.45 | 10.20 | |||||||
| Adjusted rate | 11.79 | 10.50 | ||||||||
| Percentage of total deaths occuring in public institutions | 39.28 | 41.88 | ||||||||
| No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||||||
| Maternal mortality (heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) (Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion) | 1955 | 1954 | 1955 | 1954 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0.46 | 0.44 | |||||||
| Death-rate of Infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 20.00 | 18.69 | ||||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 19.56 | 18.64 | ||||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 36.36 | 20.83 | ||||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 391 | 354 | ||||||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | 1 | — | ||||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | — | ||||||||
| „ ,, Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 1 | |||||||||