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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 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: STATISTICAL SUMMARY.

STATISTICAL SUMMARY.

Enumerated Population at Census, 191178,188
„ „ „ 192185,194
Registrar-General.s Estimate of the Population at the middle of 192389,020
Area of District in Statute Acres—Land8,470
„ „ „ Inland Water26
„ „ „ Tidal Water7
Density of Population, i.e., Number of persons per acre (including public institutions and calculated on the Registrar-General.s estimate of the population)10.5
1922.1923.
Total number of Births registered1,4751,606
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the population17.818.8
Total number of Deaths registered795808
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population959.5
Total number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases2722
Zymotic death-rate per 1,000 of the population.3226
Total number of Deaths under one year of age8066
Infant Mortality per 1,000 births registered54.241.1
1922-23.1923-24
Rateable Value—Houses£7481,711 10 0£505,083 0 0
„ Land0,364 0 06,292 0 0
£488,075 10 0£511,375 0 0
Education Rate—
Elementary2s. 6¾d. in the £.2s. 2¼d. in the £.
Higher4¼d. in the £3¾d. in the £.
Assessable Value£476,339 17 6£.499,676 0 0
General District Rate7s. 1d. in the £6s. 6d. in the £.
Poor Rate9s. 6d. in the £7s. 10d. in the £.