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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 1956
[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 | 8,404 | 8,411 |
| 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 1953 | 181,200 | ||
| „ „ 1954 | 182,700 | ||
| „ „ 1955 | 181,700 | ||
| „ „ 1956 | 180,600 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses (April 1st. 1956) according to Rate Books (approx.) | 51,668 | ||
| Rateable Value—April 1st, 1956 (Houses and Land) | £3,016,206 | ||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1956 (approx.) | £12,150 | ||
| Education Rate— | 1956-57 | 1955-56 | |
| (E.C.C.) | 6s. 8-23d. in the £ | 10s. 0-69d. in the £ | |
| Combined Rate (all services) | 17s. 4d. in the £ | 23s. 4d. in the £ | |
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—
| Males | Females | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As at December, 1955 | 295 | 70 | |||||||
| As at December, 1956 | 467 | 78 | |||||||
| Live Births— | 1956 | 1955 | |||||||
| Legitimate | 2,056 | 1.045 | 1,011 | Crude rate | 11.71 | 11.56 | |||
| Illegitimate | 59 | 28 | 31 | Adjusted rate | 11.48 | 11.21 | |||
| Stillbirths | 43 | 21 | 22 | 19-92 | 22.80 | ||||
| Deaths | 2,086 | 1,032 | 1,054 | Crude rate | 11.55 | 11.45 | |||
| Adjusted rate | 10.97 | 11.79 | |||||||
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 46.65 | 39.28 | |||||||
| No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||||||
| 1956 | 1955 | 1956 | 1955 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality (heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) (Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion) | 2 | 1 | 0.93 | 0.46 | |||||
| Death-rate of Infants under 1 year of age:— | |||||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 15.60 | 20.00 | |||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 14.59 | 19.56 | |||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1.000 illegitimate live births | 50.85 | 36.36 | |||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 366 | 391 | |||||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | — | 1 | |||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | — | — | |||||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | — | — | |||||||