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Ilford 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION I.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Land 8,4701
Area (in Acres) .. - Inland Water 26- 8,50-3
Tidal Water 7
Population (Census, 1931) 131.046
,, (Census, 1921)85,194
Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Population,
June 30th, 1931132,150
,, 30th, 1930 125,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1931) according to
Rate Books 33,580
Rateable Value—October 1st, 1931 £977,033
Sum represented by a penny rate, October 1st, 1931 £3.945
Education Rate— 1930. 1931.
Elementary 2s. 2.92d. 2s. 1.84d.
in the £. in the £.
Higher Os. 6.50d. 0s. 6.50d.
in the £. in the £.
Combined Rate (all services) 13s. 2d. l1s. 10d.
in the £. in the £.
Social conditions, including the chief occupations of the inhabitants,
and the influence of any particular occupation on public health:—
Vide Annual Report for 1925.