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Care of Premature Infants.— Of the 1,785 live births occurring in
llford during 1958, 78 weighed 5½ lb. or less at birth; 15 of these babies
were born on the district and 63 in Hospital (including 2 where the home
address of the parents was outside llford).
Of the 15 babies born at home :—
12 were nursed entirely at home;
3 were transferred to hospital;
14 survived at the end of one month;
1 died between the ages of one day and one month.
Of the 63 babies born in hospital :—
9 died during the first 24 hours (including 1 where the home
address was outside llford);
4 died between the ages of one day and one month.
50 survived at the end of one month (including 1 where the home
address was outside llford).
In addition, 34 notifications were received of births outside the district
where the ordinary residence of the parents was in llford and the weight of
the infant at birth was 5½ lb. or less. Of these there were :—
7 who died within the first 24 hours (in hospital);
1 who died between the age of' one day and one month (in
hospital);
26 who survived at the end of one month.
Infant Mortality.— The number of infants dying within the first year of
life was 37, the total number born being 2.228. The latter figure is supplied
by the Registrar-General for calculating infant and maternalmortality rates.
The infant mortality, ,or rate of deaths per 1,000 live births, was therefore
16.6.