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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
l.—General Statistics.
Area of District in Statute Acres—Land 8,470
„ „ „ Inland Water 26
„ „ „ Tidal Water 7
Enumerated Population (Census 1911) 78,188
„ „ (Census 1921) 85,194
Registrar-General's Estimate of Population middle of
1924 92,400
Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921 18,606
„ Families or Separate Occupiers, 1921 20,059
Density of Population, i.e., Number of persons per acre
(including public institutions and calculated on the
Registrar-General's estimate of the population) 10.9
1923-24. 1924-25.
Rateable Value—Houses £505,083 0 0 £517,639 0 0
„ Land 6,292 0 0 6,021 0 0
£5111,375 0 0 £523,660 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate in 1924, £2,090.
Education Rate—
1923. 1924.
Elementary 2s. 2¼d. 2s. 2¾d.
in the £. in the £.
Higher 0s. 3¾d. 0s. 4¼d.
in the £. in the £.
Assessable value £499,676 0 0 £512,198 0 0
General District Rate 6s. 6d. 7s. 2d.
in the £. in the £.
Poor Rate 7s. lOd. 7s. 8d.
in the £. in the £.
2.—Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
1923. 1924.
Total Number of Births Registered—
Legitimate 1565 1405
Illegitimate 41 31
1606 11436
Birth rate per 1,000 of population 18.8 16.2