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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following table gives the maternal mortality rate for Ilford and England and Wales for the past nine years :—
| No. of Deaths. | No. of Births. | Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births, Ilford. | Maternal Mortality Rate per 1000 Births, England and Wales. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Puerperal Fever. | From Other Causes. | ||||
| 1923 | 3 | 1 | 1606 | 2.49 | 3.60 |
| 1922 | 3 | 3 | 1475 | 4.07 | 3.58 |
| 1921 | 3 | 1 | 1492 | 2.68 | 3.71 |
| 1920 | 2 | 3 | 1666 | 3.00 | 4.12 |
| 1919 | — | 4 | 1167 | 3.43 | 4.12 |
| 1918 | 2 | 1 | 1053 | 2.85 | 3.55 |
| 1917 | 1 | - | 1176 | 0.85 | 3.66 |
| 1916 | — | 1 | 1490 | 0.67 | 3.87 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 1538 | 3.25 | 3.94 |
Foster-Children.
The arrangement come to with the Romford Board of
Guardians in accordance with the recommendations made by the
Ministry of Health in a circular dated September 30th, 1919, by
which the work of the Infant Life Protection Visitor employed by
the Board of Guardians is linked up with the work of the Public
Health Department, has continued to work in a satisfactory
manner.
No death of a nurse-child occurred in the Ilford district
during the year.
The Sanitary Inspectors have visited all the houses which
have been reported during the year as accommodating fosterchildren.
The following is a summary of the work carried out:—
Foster-children.
Number of foster-children on books on 1st January,
1924 36
Number of foster-children who were notified to me
during 1924 15
Number of foster-children returned to their mothers
during 1924 7
Number of foster-children taken off the records for
various other reasons during 1924 17
Number of foster-children on records on 31st December,
1924 27