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Ilford 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Education Rate
Elementary 1s. 9½d.
Higher 1d.
Education Estimated Expenditure, 1909-1910 £56,532 11 0
Inhabited Houses, 1909 15,176
,, „ 1908 14,535
„ „ 1907 13,612
,, ,, 1906 13,299
„ „ 1905 12,335
„ „ 1904 11,045
„ „ 1903 10,132
,, „ 1902 9,088
POPULATION.
I estimate the total population for 1909 at 79,392
Deducting from this total
Dr. Barnardo's Homes 1,441
Claybury Asylum 2,704
West Ham Asylum 885
Total 5,030
This leaves a nett population for the district proper of 74,362.
It is arrived at thus:—
Total number of houses in district 16,226
Total number of inhabited houses in district 15,176
Total number of uninhabited houses in
district 1,050
At the Census in 1901 there were:—
Number of inhabited houses 7,649
Number of uninhabited houses 721
Total number of houses 8,370