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Of the 11 babies born at home:-
7 were nursed entirely at home;
4 were transferred to hospital;
All survived at the end of one month.
Of the 66 babies born in hospital:-
1 died during the first 24 hours;
3 died between the ages of one day and one
month (including 1 where the home address
was outside Ilford);
62 survived at the end of one month (including
10 where the home address was outside
Ilford).
In addition, 40 notifications were received of births
outside the district where the ordinary residence of the
parents was in Ilford and the weight of the infant at birth
was 5j 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);
32 who survived at the end of one month.
INFANT MORTALITY.-The number of infants dying
within the first year of life was 33, the total number
born being 2,216. The latter figure is supplied by the
Registrar-General for calculating infant and maternal
mortality rates. The infant mortality, or rate of deaths per
1,000 live births, was therefore 14. 9, the lowest on record
for Ilford.
The following table gives the deaths of infants under
one year of age, classified according to age:-