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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 1953
[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 and Inland Water 8,425 | 8,432 | ||
| Tidal Water 7 | ||||
| Population (Census 1921 | 85,194 | |||
| „ (Census 1931) | 131,061 | |||
| „ (Census 1951) | 184,706 | |||
| Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Population:- | ||||
| June 30th 1950 | 186,200 | |||
| „ „ 1951 | 181.600 | |||
| „ „ 1952 | 182,200 | |||
| „ „ 1953 | 181,200 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1953) according to Rate Books (approx). | 51,466 | |||
| Rateable Value—April 1st. 1953 (Houses and Land) | £1,677,074 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1953 (approx.) | £6,850 | |||
| Education Rate— | 1952-53 | 1953-54 | ||
| (E.C.C.) | 8s. 4.52d. in the £ | 9s. 0.60d. in the £ | ||
| Combined Rale (all services) | 20s. 6d. in the £ | 23s. 4d. in the £ | ||
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—
| Males | Females | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As at January, 1953 | 711 | 232 | ||||||
| As at January. 1954 | 606 | 205 | ||||||
| Live Births— | 1953 | 1952 | ||||||
| Legitimate | 2,164 1. | .120 | 1,044) | Crude Rate | 12.31 | 13.02 | ||
| Illegitimate | 67 | 34 | 33) | Adjusted Rate | 11.94 | 11.90 | ||
| Stillbirths | 61 | 32 | 29 | 26.61 | 21.48 | |||
| Deaths | 1,942 | 995 | 947 | Crude rate | 10.71 | 10.13 | ||
| Adjusted rate | 11.03 | 10.74 | ||||||
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 41.05 | 37.71 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality (heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | ||||||||
| No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||||
| 1953 | 1952 | 1953 | 1952 | |||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.42 | ||||
| Leath-rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 20.17 | 18.94 | ||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1.000 legitimate live births | 19.87 | 1971 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 29.85 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 354 | 365 | ||||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | — | 2 | ||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | — | ||||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 1 | 1 | ||||||