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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| Area (in Acres) | Land | 8,402 | 8,435 |
| Inland Water | 26 | ||
| Tidal Water | 7 | ||
| Population (Census 1921) | 85,194 | ||
| „ (Census 1931) | 131,061 | ||
| Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Population:- | |||
| June 30th, 1944 | 149,330 | ||
| 1945 | 151,520 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1945) according to Rate Books | 44,000 (approx.) | ||
| Rateable Value—October 1st, 1945 (Houses and Land | £1,668,568 | ||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, October 1st, 1945 | £6.000 (approx.) | ||
| Education Rate— | 1945-46 | ||
| Elementary | 2s.7.54d in the £ | 4s. 9.06d. in the £ | |
| Higher (Country) | 0s.11.79d in the £ | ||
| „ (Ilford Council) | 0s.0.06d in the £ | ||
| Combined Rate (all services) | 14s..8d in the £ | 16s. 0d. in the £ | |
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—
| (a) Number of unemployed males at end of December, 1944 | 34 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, ,, December, 1945 | 166 | ||||||
| (6) Number of unemployed females at end of December, 1944 | 13 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, ,, December, 1945 | 28 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | 1945 | 1944 | |||
| Live Births | Legitimate | 2,343 | 1,202 | 1,141 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 16.8 | 19.1 |
| Illegitimate | 136 | 79 | 57 | ||||
| Still Births | 55 | 29 | 26 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 21.7 | 20.1 | |
| Deaths | 1,664 | 810 | 854 | Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 11.3 | 11.4 | |
| Percentage of total deaths occuring in public institutions | 34.8 | 37.2 | |||||