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Hornchurch 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Death rate of infants under one year of age—

All infants per thousand live births57.4
Legitimate infants per thousand legitimate live births54.7
Illegitimate infants per thousand illegitimate live births148.1
Deaths from Measles (all ages)0
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages)0
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)4

Note : The population figure used in computing the above rates
is that estimated by the Registrar General.

Area.

The acreage, population, and number of persons per acre as enumerated at the Census of 1931 are set out in the table below.

AcreagePersonsPersons
MalesFemalesper acre
Hornchurch—
Harold Wood Ward1,1561,8501,9203.3
North West Ward1,1916,2106,44410.6
South Ward2,8771,9391,6311.2
Village Ward1,5594,0684,3555.4
Cranham1,8796246160.66
Rainham3,2472,0051,8921.20
Upminster3,3752,6223,1101.70
Wennington1,2991891700.28
*Great Warley2,8891,2261,4500.93

*Rather more than half of the former parish of Great Warley,
consisting mainly of agricultural land, was added to the Urban District
of Hornchurch by the Essex Review Order, 1934.

Since the 1st April, 1934, the Urban District has been divided into the wards named in the table below, which also shows the number of Local Government Electors on the autumn register.

WardNo. of Local Government Electors, October, 1935No. of Councillors
Cranham1,2121
Emerson Park4,5393
Harold Wood2,9102
North West7,6305
Rainham3,1092
Thameside1,8971
Town6,5414
Upminster5,2503