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Registration Act, 1836.
By the Registration Act, 1836, all live births are registered
with the Registrar of Births within six weeks.
The birth-rate is calculated on births registered, and during
last year 1,739 (911 males and 828 females) births were registered,
giving a birth-rate of 15'8 per 1,000 persons calculated on the
net population, as compared with 1,657 births and a birth-rate
of 15.8 per 1,000 persons in 1927.
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
By the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926, all stillbirths
are registered with the Registrar of Births within six weeks.
During 1928 39 stillbirths (18 males and 21 females) were
registered.
Infant Mortality.
The number of infants dying within the first year of life was
79, the total number born being 1,739. The infant mortality or
rate of death per 1,000 births was, therefore, 45.4.
The infant mortality rate for the district is higher than it
should be, from the fact that 3 deaths of babies in the Girls'
Village Homes, Barkingside, are included, although the children
concerned were not born in Ilford.
If the deaths of babies in the Girls' Village Homes are excluded
there remains an infant mortality rate for the district of
43 7 per 1,000 births.