Ilford Improvement Act, 1898
WHEREAS the district of Ilford in the county of Essex is an urban district within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1894 and is under the management of the Ilford Urban District Council: And whereas the population of the district has more than doubled in the last six years and now amounts to upwards of twenty-two thousand persons and owing to its proximity to the metropolis is increasing at a rapid rate: And whereas it is expedient that the Council should be empowered to work tramways w...