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CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS.- Of the 2,263 live births
occurring in Ilford during 1964, 109 weighed 5½ lbs. or less at birth; 16
of these babies were born on the district and 93 in Hospital (including
10 where the home address of the parents was outside Ilford).
Of the 16 babies born at home:—
12 were nursed entirely at home;
4 were transferred to hospital;
All survived at the end of one month.
Of the 93 babies born in hospital:—
4 died during the first 24 hours (including 1 where the home
address was outside Ilford);
8 died between the ages of one day and one month (including 1
where the home address was outside Ilford);
81 survived at the end of one month (including 8 where the home
address was outside Ilford).
In addition, 43 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 N:as 5½ lb. or less. Of these there were:-
3 who died within the first 24 hours (in hospital);
40 who survived at the end of one month.
INFANT MORTALITY.- The number of infants dying with the first
year of life was 37 the total number born being 2,994. 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 12.4.
The following table gives the deaths of infants under one year of
age, classified according to age:—