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2. Rainfall.—The total rainfall registered in the district
during the year was 20.66 inches.
The greatest fall in 24 hours was registered on 3rd May,
being 82 inches.
The number of days on which rain fell was 151.
3. Population.
Census, 1911 78,188
Census, 1921 85,194 (including institutions)
Census, 1931 131,046 „
Registrar-General's Estimate
on 30th June, 1931 132,150 ,, ,,
The number of patients and resident staff on the 30th June, 1931, at the
following public institutions, was:—
Claybury Mental Hospital 2,647
West Ham Mental Hospital 1,237
Total 3,884
The net population for 1931 of 128,266 is obtained by deducting
the population in institutions (3,884) from the Registrar-General's
Estimate, 132,150, and this is the figure used as the basis for compiling
the various rates in this year's Report.
When the birth and death rates were calculated in my Annual Report
for the year 1930, the Registrar-General's estimate of population of the
Borough at the 30th June, 1930, was not available, and therefore the 1929
figure was then used. Since the publication of the 1930 report I have received
information from the Registrar-General that the gross population of the
Ilford district on the 30th June, 1930, was estimated at 125,000. This
gives a net population of 121,256 at the same date.
For comparison purposes, therefore, the birth and death rates for
1930 have been re-calculated on this new basis.
4. Births.—The number of births registered during the
year was 1,979.
Legitimate 1,017 Males 921 Females
Illegitimate 21 ,, 20 ,,
i.e., 2.0 per cent. of the births registered were illegitimate.
The percentage of illegitimate births registered in the previous 10 years
was:—1.9 in 1930; 2.27in 1929; 2.01 in 1928; 2.65in 1927; 2.25 in 1926;
3.37in 1925; 216in 1924; 2.5in 1923; 2.5 in1922; 2.5in 1921.
The birth-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population
of 128,266, is 15.4 per 1,000, as compared with 15.2 in 1930; 15.6