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PART III.—SERVICES.
National Health Service Acts, 1946—1952.
Births.—In accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act.
1936, all live births and all stillbirths of twenty-eight weeks gestation and
over must be notified within 36 hours to the Medical Officer of Health of
the area in which the birth took place. The number of live births notified
in Ilford under this Act during 1956 was 1,738 (910 males and 828 females),
of which there were 161 (97 males and 64 females) where the ordinary place
of residence of the parents was outside Ilford.
In addition 551 notifications of live births (296 males and 255 females)
which took place outside the district, although the ordinary residence of
the parents was in Ilford, were transferred to this district.
During the year there were no cases in which there was default in complying
with the requirements of the Public Health Act relating to the
Notification of Births.
There were also 33 stillbirths (19 males and 14 females) notified in
Ilford including 6 (4 males and 2 females) where the home address of the
parents was outside the district, and notifications of 17 stillbirths (7 males
and 10 females) which took place outside the district, although the ordinary
residence of the parents was in Ilford, were transferred to this district.
This represents a total of 44 where the home address was in Ilford, whereas
the Registrar-General has allocated 43 stillbirths to Ilford.
The following table shows the causes of the 44 stillbirths notified where
the usual residence of the parents was in Ilford:—