Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 8,411 | |
Water | 8,404 | ||
Tidal Water | 7 | ||
Population (Census 1921) | 85,194 | ||
(Census 1931) | 131,061 | ||
(Census 1951) | 184,706 | ||
Registrar—General's Estimate of resident Population:- | |||
June 30th 1956 | 180.600 | ||
„ „1957 | 179,600 | ||
„ „ 1958 | 179,000 | ||
„ „1959 | 178,600 | ||
Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1959) according to Rate Books (approx) | 52,239 | ||
Rateable Value — April 1st, 1959 (Houses and Land) | £3,045,548 | ||
Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1959 (approx.) | £12,320 | ||
1958-59 | 1959-60 | ||
Combined Rate (all services) | 19s.l0d. in the £ | 20s.6d. in the £ |
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:-
Males | Females | |
---|---|---|
As at December, 1958 | 605 | 128 |
As at December, 1959 | 476 | 72 |
1959 | 1958 | |
Live Births | 2,216 | 2,228 |
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate | 12.41 | 12.45 |
Adjusted rate | 12.41 | 12.45 |
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births | 3.70 | 3.28 |
Stillbirths | 49 | 43 |
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 21.63 | 18.93 |
Total Live and stillbirths | 2,265 | 2,271 |
Infant deaths (under 1 year) | 33 | 37 |
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births — Total | 14.89 | 16.61 |
„ „ „ „ „ „ „ _legitimate | 14.99 | 16.70 |
„ „ „ „ „ „ „ - illegitimate | 12.20 | 13.70 |
Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first for weeks) | 12.18 | 13.02 |
Early Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 total live births (under one week) | 10.38 | - |
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 31.78 | - |
Maternal deaths (including abortion) | Nil | Nil |
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Deaths (all causes) | 2,037 | 1,985 |
Death rate per 1,000 population — Crude rale | 11.41 | 11.09 |
Adjusted rate | 11.29 | 10.76 |
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 52.91 | 48.61 |
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 387 | 369 |
„ „ Measles (all ages) | Nil | Nil |
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | Nil |
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil | Nil |