[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford].

  • Ilford (London, England). Borough Council.
Date:
[1962]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 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