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Ilford 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Illegitimate Births and Deaths.
40 of the births registered (18 males and 22 females) were
illegitimate, that is 2.3 per cent. of the births registered.
4 illegitimate children died under one year of age.
The deaths of the 4 illegitimate children occurred as follows:—
1 died at 1 month at the Salvation Army Home, Clapham, from
troncho-pneumonia, prematurity and marasmus; 1 died at 4 months
at Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham, from heart failure and pneumonia;
1 died at 6 months at the Girls' Village Homes, Barkingside,
from broncho-pneumonia and bronchitis; and 1 died at 7 months,
from broncho-pneumonia and bronchitis, at home.
The following table shows the death-rate of illegitimate and legitimate infants for the past ten years:—
| Year. | Illegitimate Infants. | Legitimate Infants. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate Births. | Births. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Legitimate Births. | |
| 1929 | 40 | 4 | 100 | 1,715 | 83 | 48 |
| 1928 | 35 | 10 | 286 | 1,704 | 69 | 40 |
| 1927 | 44 | 9 | 204 | 1,613 | 65 | 40 |
| 1926 | 34 | 5 | 147 | 1,475 | 63 | 43 |
| 1925 | 49 | 11 | 224 | 1,437 | 67 | 46 |
| 1924 | 31 | 7 | 226 | 1,405 | 55 | 39 |
| 1923 | 41 | 7 | 171 | 1,565 | 59 | 38 |
| 1922 | 37 | 5 | 135 | 1,438 | 75 | 52 |
| 1921 | 38 | 10 | 263 | 1,454 | 66 | 45 |
| 1920 | 52 | 12 | 230 | 1,614 | 78 | 48 |
Maternal Mortality.
The total number of deaths due to childbirth during the year
was 7, which gives a maternal mortality rate (i.e., number of
deaths per 1,000 births) of 4.