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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 1954
[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 | 8,4251 | 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 1951 | 181,600 | |||||||||
| „ 1952 | 182,200 | |||||||||
| „ „ 1953 | 181,200 | |||||||||
| „ „ 1954 | 182,700 | |||||||||
| Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1954) according to Rate Books (approx.) | 51,554 | |||||||||
| Rateable Value—April 1st, 1954 (Houses and Land) | £1,692,244 | |||||||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1954 (approx.) | £6,900 | |||||||||
| Education Rate— | 1953-54 9s. 0.60d in the £ | 1954-55 9s. 7.3d. in the £ | ||||||||
| (E.C.C.) | ||||||||||
| Combined Rate (all services) | 23s. 4d. in the £ | 23s. 4d. in the £ | ||||||||
| The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour: — | ||||||||||
| Males | Females | |||||||||
| As at January, 1954 | 606 | 205 | ||||||||
| As at January, 1955 | 401 | 113 | ||||||||
| Live Births— | 1954 | 1953 | ||||||||
| Legitimate | 2,145 | 1,099 | 1,046} | Crude Rate | 12.00 | 12.31 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 48 | 26 | 22 J | Adjusted rate | 11.64 | 11.94 | ||||
| Stillbirths | 56 | 28 | 28 | 24-89 | 26-61 | |||||
| Deaths | 1,864 | 963 | 901 | Crude rate | 10.20 | 10.71 | ||||
| Adjusted rate | 10.50 | 11.03 | ||||||||
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 41.88 | 41.05 | ||||||||
| Maternal mortality (heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List): — | ||||||||||
| No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||||||
| 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | |||||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Death-rate of Infants under one year of age: — | ||||||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.69 | 20.17 | ||||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1.000 legitimate live births ... | 18.64 | 19.87 | ||||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1.000 illegitimate live births | 20.83 | 29.85 | ||||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 354 | 354 | ||||||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | - | — | ||||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | 1 | ||||||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||