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In the Clementswood Ward there were 5 infant deaths.
2 died under 1 week.
1 died at 19 days from catarrhal gastro-enteritis.
1 died at 3 weeks from premature birth and marasmus.
1 died at 6 weeks from marasmus and gastro-enteritis.
None of these children had attended an infant welfare centre.
In the Goodmayes Ward there were 14 infant deaths.
4 died under 1 week.
1 died at 3 weeks from acute primary broncho-pneumonia.
1 died at 1 month from cerebral hemorrhage and bronchopneumonia.
1 died at 1 month from bronchitis, gastro-enteritis and congenital
debility.
1 died at 1 month from acute primary broncho-pneumonia.
*1 died at 4 months from gastro-enteritis.
1 died at 4 months from shock and toxaemia, intussusception.
*1 died at 5 months from convulsions, bronchitis and premature
birth.
*1 died at 7 months from broncho-pneumonia.
*1 died at 8 months from broncho-pneumonia.
*1 died at 8 months from convulsions, teething and heat wave.
*These children have attended an infant welfare centre.
It will be seen that of the 61 infants who died under 1 year of
age only 13 had attended Ilford infant welfare centres, and in
some cases only one attendance was made. 31 however of the
deaths occurred in the first month of life, and these infants would
naturally not have been brought to a centre.
The mortality of infants under one year attending Ilford infant
welfare centres was 17 -3 per 1,000, as compared with 42 -9 per
1,000 in those not attending an Ilford infant welfare centre
(excluding the death of one child dying in the Girls' Village Homes).
It must be remembered, in considering these figures, that
rarely is a baby brought to a welfare centre under one month of
age, whereas half the deaths occur in this period.
It would be a fairer comparison to state that of the 30 children
who died between the age of one month and one year (all of whom
might have been in attendance at a welfare centre), only 13 had