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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Ilford 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: STILLBIRTHS 1961.

STILLBIRTHS 1961.

Cause of StillbirthDelivery unknown found on DistrictDelivery in Nursing HomeDelivery at HomeDelivery in HospitalTOTAL
Achondroplasia---22
Anencephalic---11
Anoxaemia---11
Anoxia--123
Ante-Partum Haemorrhage---44
Asphyxia---22
Diaphragmatic Hernia--112
Eclampsia---11
Hydrocephalic---11
Hydrops Foetalis---11
Inco-ordinated Uterine Activity---11
Intra-Cranial Haemorrhage---11
Intra-Uterine Death---33
Multiple Abnormalities---44
Placental Insufficiency--134
Rhesus Incompatibility---11
Unknown2-226
Totals2-53138

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CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS. - Of the 1,928 live births
occurring in Ilford during 1961, 83 weighed 5½ lb. or less at birth, 11 of
these babies were born on the district, 71 in Hospital (including 12 where
the home address of the parents was outside Ilford), and one in a garage.
The last mentioned infant, found abandoned shortly after its birth, was
conveyed to hospital after resuscitation by the ambulance driver; the mother
was subsequently traced and it was ascertained that her home address was
outside Ilford.