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In addition there is the Girls. Village Homes, one of the
late Dr. Barnardo.s Institutions, which had 1,330 children and
164 staff in residence on the 30th June, 1923.
There are also the Ilford Isolation Hospital (accommodation
85 beds) and the Maternity Home (accommodation 11 beds),
which are maintained by the Ilford Council.
4. Population.—
Census, 1911 78,188
Census, 1921 85,194 (including institutions)
Registrar-General.s Estimate
on 30th June,
1923 89,020 do.
To obtain the net population must be deducted the number
of patients and resident staff on the 30th June at the following
public institutions:—
Claybury Mental Hospital 2,711
West Ham Mental Hospital 1,058
This makes a net population of 85,251.
In calculating the various rates per 1,000 of the inhabitants
1 have again used the Registrar-General.s estimate of the population
of the area, so as to be on a comparable basis with other
districts, although, owing to the large increase in the number of
houses built by the Corporation of the City of London, the
London County Council, the Ilford Urban District Council and
private enterprise since the census was taken in 1921, I consider
the estimate of the population of Ilford is considerably below the
actual figure.
Since issuing my Annual Report for the year 1922, the completed
census figures for the County of Essex have been published,
and the following statistics with regard to the population
on the night of the 19th-20th June, 1921, are of interest:—