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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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The following statistics as to places of occupation of residents of Ilford are interesting:—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
| Occupied persons over 12 years of age (and students over 18 enumerated in the area) | 25,641 | 11,327 |
| With workplace in the area | 7,335 | 5,164 |
| With no fixed workplace | 1,852 | 302 |
| Workplace not stated | 270 | 296 |
| With workplace outside area | 16,184 | 5,565 |
The workplaces outside the area being as follows:—
Essex 3,816
Hertfqrdshire 19
Kent 43
London, City of 9,607
London, Metropolitan Boroughs 7,738
Middlesex 164
Surrey 57
Other parts of England and Wales 244
Outside England and Wales 61
Judged by occupation Southend-on-Sea and Ilford are very
similar, the middle class element being at its maximum in these
towns as compared with other areas in the County of Essex.
5. B irths.—The number of births registered during the year was 1,606.
| Legitimate | Males | 796 | Females | 769 |
| Illegitimate | Males | 26 | Females | 15 |
| i.e., 2.5 per cent. of the births registered were illegitimate. | ||||
The percentage of illegitimate births registered in previous years
Was 2.5 in 1922; 2.5 in 1921; 31 in 1920; 5 8 in 1919; 4 2 in 1918;
4.5 in 1917; 2 8 in 1916; 19 in 1915; 18 in 1914; 21 in 1913; 2.2
in 1912; apd 17 in 1911.
The birth-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population
of 85,251 is 18.8 per 1,000, as compared with 17.8 in 1922;
18 3 in 1921; 20.1 in 1920; 14.1 in 1919; 12.9 in 1918; 14.4 in
1917; 17.2 in 1916; 19.1 in 1915; 18.3 in 1914; 19.15 in 1913;
19.4 in 1912; 21 4 in 1911.