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Maternal mortality (heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short list) :—
No. of Deaths.
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births.
1951
1950
1951
1950
Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion 0
4
0.0
1.63
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—
1951
1950
All infants per 1,000 live births
21.04
18.70
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live biiths
21.24
17.58
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
14.28
54.05
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)
357
330
„ ,, Measles (all ages)
1
—
„ Whooping Cough (all ages)
2
—
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
—
—
1. Rainfall.
Total rainfall registered in the district during the year was 29-95 inches ;
the greatest fall in 24 hours was registered on 6th August, 1-57 inches.
February was the wettest month.
2. Population.
The number of patients and resident staff on the 30th June, 1951, at
the following public institutions, was :—
Claybury Hospital 2,452
Goodmayes Hospital 1,337
Australasian Hospital (Dr. Bamardo's Homes) 98
Total 3,887
3. Births.
The number of births registered during the year was 2,376.
Males Females
Legitimate 1,176 1,130
Illegitimate 38 32
i.e., 2-9 per cent, of the births registered were illegitimate.
The percentage of illegitimate births registered in the previous 10 years
was 3-1 (1950) 2.4; 3.2; 3.3; 3.1; 5.5; 4.2; 3.4; 3.5; 3.3.
The birth-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population is 13-36
per 1,000.
4. Deaths.
The total number of deaths of Ilford residents was 1,835. This is obtained
by taking the total deaths registered in the district (1,789), subtracting the
deaths of non-residents occurring in the district (483), and adding the deaths
of Ilford residents registered as having died in other districts (529).
The number of deaths of non-residents registered in the district (principally
in large institutions) was as follows:—
Claybury Hospital 235
Goodmayes Hospital 69
King George Hospital 105
Ilford Isolation Hospital and Sanatorium 48
Other Non-residents 26
Total 483