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The birth-rate is calculated on the births registered, and during
last year 1,845 (928 males and 917 females) births were registered,
giving a birth-rate of 16.4 per 1,000 persons calculated on the net
population, mid-year 1929, as compared with 1,755 births and a
birth-rate of 15.6 per 1,000 persons in 1929.
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
By the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926, all stillbirths
are registered with the Registrar of Births within six weeks.
During 1930, 63 stillbirths (32 males and 31 females) were
registered. Of these 1 male and 3 females were illegitimate.
The figures of 1,845 live births and 63 stillbirths registered
are supplied by the Registrar-General and include births registered
in other districts and belonging to Ilford. These are transferred to
Ilford and births registered in Ilford belonging to other districts
are transferred out in a similar manner.
The figures of 1,703 and 52 stillbirths notified are births
actually occurring in the Ilford district.
Infant Mortality.
The number of infants dying within the first year of life was
61, the total number born being 1,845. The infant mortality or
rate of death per 1,000 births was, therefore, 33.0.
The infant mortality rate for the district is higher than it should be, from
the fact that I death of a baby in the Girls' Village Homes, Barkingside, is
included, although the child concerned was not bom in Ilford.
If the death of this baby is excluded there remains an infant mortality
rate of 32.5 per 1,000 births.
The comparative figures for the past 10 years were as
follows:—