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Ilford 1962
[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 1931) 131,061
* (Census 1951) 184,706
* (Census 1961) 178,024
Registrar-General* s Estimate of resident Population:-
June 30th 1959 178,600
* 1960 178,520
* 1961 177,760
* 1962 177,460
Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1962) according to Rate Books (approx.) 53,041
Rateable Value — April 1st, 1962 (Houses and Land) £3,143,993
Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1962 (approx.) £12,870
1961-62 1 962-63
Combined Rate (all services) 23s.0d. 25s.0d.
in the £ in the £
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour-
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As at December, 1961 | 411 | 69 | ||
| As at December, 1962 | 706 | 1962 | 109 | 1961 |
| Live Births | 2,539 | 2,533 | ||
| Live Birth rate per 1,000 population - Crude rate | 14.31 | 14.25 | ||
| Adjusted rate | 14.31 | 14.25 | ||
| Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births | 4.49 | 3.79 | ||
| Stillbirths | 53 | 40 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 20.44 | 15.55 | ||
| Total Live and Stillbirth. | 2,592 | 2,573 | ||
| Infant deaths (under 1 year) | 45 | 40 | ||
| Total Infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 17.72 | 15.79 | ||
| Legitimate * * * legitimate " | 18.14 | 15.18 | ||
| Illegitimate * * * illegitimate* | 8.77 | 31.25 | ||
| Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks) | 13.78 | 12.24 | ||
| Early Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 total live birth. (under one week) | 11.42 | 10.66 | ||
| Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 31.64 | 26.04 | ||
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 0.39 | 0.39 | ||
| Deaths (all causes) | 2,143 | 2,065 | ||
| Death rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate | 12.08 | 11.62 | ||
| — Adjusted rate | 12.08 | 11.50 | ||
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public Institutions | 52.41 | 52.95 | ||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 438 | 401 | ||
| * Measles (.11 ages) | Nil | 1 | ||
| * Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | Nil | ||
| * Diarrhoea (nnder 2 years of age) | Nil | Nil | ||