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In the Loxford Ward there were 11 infant deaths.
3 died under 1 week.
1 died at 1 week from prematurity and congenital syphilis.
1 died at 1 week from prematurity.
1 died at 2 weeks from cardiac failure, diarrhoea and
vomiting.
1 died at 1 month from broncho-pneumonia, prematurity
and marasmus.
*1 died at 4 months from heart failure and pneumonia.
1 died at 8 months from broncho-pneumonia and bronchitis.
*1 died at 8 months from broncho-pneumonia and prematurity.
*1 died at 11 months from convulsions and cerebral
haemorrhage (from birth).
*These children have attended an infant welfare centre.
In the Clementswood Ward there were 8 infant deaths.
3 died under 1 week.
1 died at 1 week from acute peritonitis (streptococcal).
1 died at 1 week from broncho-pneumonia.
1 died at 13 days from haemorrhagic pneumonia, embolism
of popliteal artery and gangrene of foot.
1 died at 3 weeks from intra ventricular haemorrhage, hydrocephalus
and convulsions.
1 died at 8 months from broncho-pneumonia.
None of these children have attended an infant welfare centre.
In the Goodmayes Ward there were 17 infant deaths.
4 died under 1 week.
1 died at 2 weeks from broncho-pneumonia, acute peripheral
bronchitis.
1 died at 3 weeks from icterus neonatorum and prematurity.
1 died at 6 weeks from shock and toxaemia from scalds.
1 died at 1 month from congenital malformation of heart and
broncho-pneumonia.
*1 died at 2 months from acute primary broncho-pneumonia.
*1 died at 3 months from broncho-pneumonia and gastroenteritis.
1 died at 5 months from acute primary broncho-pneumonia.
1 died at 5 months from congenital heart disease.
*1 died at 6 months from marasmus and prematurity.
1 died at 10 months from bronchitis and whooping cough.
*1 died at 10 months from tuberculous meningitis.
*1 died at 10 months from acute peripheral bronchitis.
1 died at 11 months from influenza and bronchitis.
*hese children have attended an infant welfare centre.
It will be seen that of the 87 infants who died under one year
of age only 17 had attended Ilford infant welfare centres, and in
some cases, only one attendance was made. Forty-eight, however, of
the deaths occurred in the first month of life, and these infants would
naturally not have been brought to a centre.