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PART III - SERVICES
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACTS, 1946 - 1957.
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 1959 was 1,802 (911
males and 891 females), of which there were 108 (57 males
and 51 females) where the ordinary place of residence of the
parents was outside Ilford.
In addition 529 notifications of live births (275 males
and 254 females) which took place outside the district, although
the ordinary residence of the parents was in Ilford,
were transferred to this district.
There were also 41 stillbirths (26 males and 15 females)
.notified in Ilford including 4 (3 males and 1 female)
where the home address of the parents was outside the
district, and notifications of 11 stillbirths (5 males and 6
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 48 where
the home address was in Ilford, whereas the RegistrarGeneral
has allocated 49 stillbirths to Ilford.
The following table shows the causes of the 48 stillbirths
notified where the usual residence of the parents was
in Ilford:-