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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 1958
[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 1955 | 181,700 | ||
| „ 1956 | 180,600 | ||
| „ „ 1957 | 179,600 | ||
| „ 1958 | 179,000 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1958) according to Rate Books (approx.) | 51,956 | ||
| Rateable Value—April 1st, 1958 (Houses and Land) | £2,885,639 | ||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1958 (approx.) | £11,580 | ||
| Education Rate— | 1958-59 | 1957-58 | |
| (E.C.C.) | 8s. 6.26d. in the £ | 7s. 1l.58d. in the £ | |
| Combined Rate (all services) | 19s. l0d. in the £ | 18s. 8d. in the £ | |
| The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:— | |||
| Males | Females | ||
| As at December, 1957 | 438 | 87 | |
| As at December, 1958 | 605 | 128 | |
| 1958 | 1957 | ||
| Live Births | 2,228 | 2,219 | |
| Live birth rate per 1.000 population—Crude rate | 12.45 | 12.35 | |
| Adjusted rate | 12.45 | 12.23 | |
| Still-births | 43 | 41 | |
| Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births | 18.93 | 18.14 | |
| Total live and still-births. | 2,271 | 2,260 | |
| Infant deaths | 37 | 38 | |
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births—total | 16.61 | 17.12 | |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ —legitimate | 16.70 | 17.60 | |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ „ —illegitimate | 13.70 | 0.00 | |
| Neo Natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks) | 13.02 | 13.5 | |
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 3.28 | 2.7 | |
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | Nil | 2 | |
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births Deaths | 0.00 | 0.88 | |
| 1,985 | 2,164 | ||
| Death rate per 1,000 population—Crude rate | 11.09 | 12.05 | |
| Adjusted rate | 10.76 | 11.33 | |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 48.61 | 49.27 | |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 369 | 392 | |
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | Nil | Nil | |
| „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | Nil | |
| " " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil | 1 | |