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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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| Enumerated Population at Census, 1911 | 78,188 | ||||||
| Registrar-General's Estimate of the Population at the middle of 1920 | 82,693 | ||||||
| Area of District in Statute Acres—Land | 8,470 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, Inland Water | 26 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, Tidal Water | 7 | ||||||
| Density of Population, i.e., Number of Persons per acre (including public institutions) | 10.2 | ||||||
| 1919. | 1920. | ||||||
| Total number of Births registered | 1,167 | 1,666 | |||||
| 14.1 | 20.1 | ||||||
| Total number of Deaths registered | 789 | 748 | |||||
| 9.9 | 9.0 | ||||||
| Total number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases | 24 | 44 | |||||
| .311 | .53 | ||||||
| Total number of Deaths under one year of age | 71 | 90 | |||||
| 61 | 54 | ||||||
| 1919. | 1920. | ||||||
| Rateable Value—Houses | 10 | 0 | 456,785 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ,, Land | 7,203 | 10 | 0 | 6,969 | 10 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
Education Rate—
| Elementary | 1s. 10¼d. | 2s. 8¼d. |
| Higher | 1d. | 2¾d. |
| Assessable Value | 446,884 1 0 | |
| General District Rate | 5s. 6d. in the £. | 9s. 7d. in the £. |
| Poor Rate | 5s. 9d. in the £. | 9s. 2d. in the £. |