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Ilford 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
(Land and Inland )
Area (in Acres) ( 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 1958 179,000
„ 1959 178,600
„ 1960 178,520
„ 1961 177.760
Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1961) according to Rate Books (approx,) 52,808
Rateable Value — April 1st, 1961 (Houses and Land) £3,100,813
Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1961 (approx.) £12,780
1960-61 1961-62
Combined Rate (all services) 21s.4d. 23s.0d.
in the £ in the £
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:-
| Males | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| As at December, 1960 | 464 | 74 |
| As at December, 1961 | 411 | 69 |
| 1961 | 1960 | |
| Live Births | 2,533 | 2,512 |
| Live Birth rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate | 14.25 | 14.07 |
| — Adjusted rate | 14.25 | 14.07 |
| Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births | 3.79 | 3.78 |
| Stillbirths | 40 | 37 |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 15.55 | 14.52 |
| Total Live and Stillbirths | 2,573 | 2,549 |
| Infant deaths (under 1 year) | 40 | 44 |
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 15.79 | 17.51 |
| Legitimate „ „ „ legitimate | 15.18 | 18.20 |
| Illegitimate „ „ „ illegitimate„ | 31.25 | 0.00 |
| Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks) | 12.24 | 15.13 |
| Early Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 total live births (under one week) | 10.66 | 13.14 |
| Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under on combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 26.04 | 27.46 |
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | 1 | 1 |
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 0.39 | 0.39 |
| Deaths (all causes) | 2.065 | 1,970 |
| Death rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate | 11.62 | 11.04 |
| — Adjusted rate | 11.50 | 11.26 |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 52.95 | 48.08 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 401 | 400 |
| " Measles (all ages) | 1 | Nil |
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | Nil |
| * Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil | 2 |