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Illegitimate Births and Deaths.
49 of the births registered (30 males and 19 females) were
illegitimate, that is 3.37 per cent. of the births registered.
11 illegitimate children died under 1 year of age. 2 of these
children (1 male and 1 female), however, were in the Girls' Village
Homes, Barkingside, and should, strictly speaking, not be included
in the death-rate of Ilford infants, although so included
by the Registrar-General.
The deaths of the 11 illegitimate children occurred as follows;-
1 (aged 6 days), was born and died in the Salvation Army
Hospital, Clapton, from premature birth.
1 (aged 9 days) was born and died in the Mothers'
Hospital, Clapton, from spina bifida and meningitis.
1 (aged 17 days) was born and died in the Mothers' Hospital,
Clapton, from enteritis and convulsions. The mother
only resided temporarily in this district.
1 (aged 5 months) died in the Girls' Village Homes, Barkingside,
from marasmus and otitis media.
1 (aged 9 months) died in the Girls' Village Homes, Barkingside,
from measles, broncho-pneumonia, and otitis media.
1 (aged 10 months) died in the Romford Infirmary from
gastro-enteritis. This child was an inmate of the Girls'
Village Homes, Barkingside.
1 (aged 2 months) died in the Romford Infirmary from
gastro-enteritis. This child was born in the Old Church
Hospital, Romford.
1 (aged 3 months) died in the Romford Infirmary from
gastro-enteritis.
1 (aged 6 months) was admitted to the Romford Infirmary
when 3 days old, and remained there until it died from bronchopneumonia.
1 (aged 6 months) was born and died in the Romford
Infirmary from gastro-enteritis.
1 (aged 10 months) was born and died in the Romford
Infirmary from broncho-pneumonia.
None of the 11 deaths of illegitimate children occurred in
foster-children.
The infant mortality of illegitimate children, excluding those
who died in the Girls' Village Homes, was, therefore, 163 per 1,000,
compared with the infant mortality rate (exclusive of those children
dying in the Girls' Village Homes) of 43.5 for legitimate children.
If the deaths of infants in the Girls' Village Homes are included,
there is an illegitimate infant mortality rate of 224 per 1,000, and