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Ilford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Illegitimate Births and Deaths.
48 of the live births registered (19 males and 29 females) were
illegitimate, that is 2.34 per cent. of the births registered-
One illegitimate child died, aged one day.
The death of the 1 illegitimate child occurred at Oldchurch
Hospital from prematurity.
The infant mortality rate of illegitimate children was 20.8
per 1,000, compared with the infant mortality rate of 43.5 for
legitimate children.
The following table shows the death-rate of illegitimate and legitimate infante for the past ten years:-
| Year. | Illegitimate Infants. | Legitimate Infants. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births. | Live Births. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births. | |
| 1935 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 2,002 | 87 | 43 |
| 1934 | 59 | 4 | 68 | 1,902 | 72 | 38 |
| 1933 | 51 | 4 | 78 | 1,801 | 79 | 44 |
| 1932 | 29 | 2 | 69 | 1,958 | 77 | 39 |
| 1931 | 41 | 2 | 48 | 1,938 | 108 | 55 |
| 1930 | 36 | 3 | 83 | 1,809 | 58 | 32 |
| 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 |
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 live births) of 3.4.
The causes of the deaths were as follows:—
Puerperal Fever:—
Confined at own home and died in Isolation Hospital,
Ilford; Puerperal Septicaemia 1
Confined at own home and died in St. Bartholomew's
Hospital; Syncope, Septicaemia and Septic Endometritis
1