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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 1959
[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 | 8,411 | |
| Water | 8,404 | ||
| 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 1956 | 180.600 | ||
| „ „1957 | 179,600 | ||
| „ „ 1958 | 179,000 | ||
| „ „1959 | 178,600 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1959) according to Rate Books (approx) | 52,239 | ||
| Rateable Value — April 1st, 1959 (Houses and Land) | £3,045,548 | ||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1959 (approx.) | £12,320 | ||
| 1958-59 | 1959-60 | ||
| Combined Rate (all services) | 19s.l0d. in the £ | 20s.6d. in the £ | |
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:-
| Males | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| As at December, 1958 | 605 | 128 |
| As at December, 1959 | 476 | 72 |
| 1959 | 1958 | |
| Live Births | 2,216 | 2,228 |
| Live Birth rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate | 12.41 | 12.45 |
| Adjusted rate | 12.41 | 12.45 |
| Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births | 3.70 | 3.28 |
| Stillbirths | 49 | 43 |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 21.63 | 18.93 |
| Total Live and stillbirths | 2,265 | 2,271 |
| Infant deaths (under 1 year) | 33 | 37 |
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births — Total | 14.89 | 16.61 |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ „ _legitimate | 14.99 | 16.70 |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ „ - illegitimate | 12.20 | 13.70 |
| Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first for weeks) | 12.18 | 13.02 |
| Early Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 total live births (under one week) | 10.38 | - |
| Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 31.78 | - |
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | Nil | Nil |
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Deaths (all causes) | 2,037 | 1,985 |
| Death rate per 1,000 population — Crude rale | 11.41 | 11.09 |
| Adjusted rate | 11.29 | 10.76 |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 52.91 | 48.61 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 387 | 369 |
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | Nil | Nil |
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | Nil |
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil | Nil |