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Of the 22 babies born at home:—
18 were nursed entirely at home;
4 were transferred to hospital;
4 died between the ages of one day and one month (3 at
home and one in hospital);
18 survived at the end of one month.
Of the 77 babies born in hospital:—
12 died during the first 24 hours (including 1 where the
home address was outside llford);
3 died between the ages of one day and one month;
62 survived at the end of one month (including 6 where the
home address was outside llford).
In addition, 47 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:—
4 who died within the first 24 hours (in hospital);
1 who died between the age of one day and one month
(in hospital);
42 who survived at the end of one month.
INFANT MORTALITY. - The number of infants dying within the
first year of life was 44, the total number bom being 2,512. 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 17.5.
The following table gives the deaths of infants under one year
°f age, classified according to age:—