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Since then certificates for new houses have been granted
by the Council as follows:—
From March, 1901, to June 30th, 1902 1,545
From July, 1902, to June 30th, 1903 1,226
From July, 1903, to June 30th, 1904 1,270
From July, 1904, to June 30th, 1905 1,174
From July, 1905, to June 30th, 1906 964
Making the total for the past year14,549
The Census gives 4.9 persons per house for Ilford, so
that by multiplying the number of inhabited houses by 4.9
gives the population I have taken above. There are two
possible sources of error in this estimate.
(1) That 4.9 persons per house does not represent Ilford
at the present time. The tendency is in all these suburban
districts for the number of persons per house to increase, so
that this error, if present, under-estimates rather than overestimates
the population.
In Walthamstow at the census, persons per house 5.8
,, East Ham do. do. 5.6
,, Romford do. do. 4.8
(2) The second source of error is that the number of
empty houses may be under-estimated. This error has been
carefully guarded against in counting them, and moreover
allowance has been made in addition for possible errors. So
that I have adopted the figures given by this means rather
than the Registrar-General's method. In a rapidly growing
neighbourhood like this it seems to me this is more likely to
be the correct one if carefully carried out. Also, too, it must
be remembered that the Registrar-General's estimate is based