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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Ilford Urban Council.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
for the
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 1898.
To the Ilford Urban District Council.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
In presenting my report on the sanitary condition and
health of the Urban District of Ilford during the year 1898, I
beg to say that I estimate the population of the whole district,
which includes Ilford, the County of London Lunatic Asylum
at Claybury, and Dr. Banardo's village homes at Barkingside,
to be 30,978, which is made up as follows:—
Ilford 27,178
Claybury Asylum 2,800
Dr. Barnardo's homes 1,000
30.978