[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey.

Jersey (Channel Islands). Council.

Date:: 1966

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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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H From the information given on the birth notification forms we are now able to find out if the mothers are natives of Jersey and the length of stay in Jersey of those who are not Jersey born. This information in respect of live and stillbirths for 1966 is given in the following table :— TABLE IV. Length of residence in Jersey Live Births Stillbirths Male Fe MALE Male Female Leg. Illeg. Leg. Illeg. Leg. Illeg. Leg. Illeg. Under 9 months . 12 10 16 5 1 — 1 — 9 months—under 1 year ... 10 — 5 5 — — — — 1 year—under 2 years 36 7 43 7 1 — 3 1 2 years—under 3 years 22 1 27 4 — — — — 3 years—under 4 years 23 8 19 — 1 — — — 4 years—under 5 years 16 1 19 4 1 — — — 5 years and over. 129 3 122 7 3 — 3 — Natives . 258 24 266 27 4 1 2 — Unknown . 11 — 8 2 1 — — — Visitor. 1 — — — — — — — Totals. 5i8 54 525 61 12 1 9 1 Illegitimate Births. 115 or 9.9% of the live births were illegitimate compared with 10.1 % in 1965 and 9.4% in 1964. The total number of illegitimate births (live and still) was 117 or 9.9% of all births compared with 10.3% in 1965. 51 or 45% of the unmarried mothers were natives of Jersey. Of the unmarried mothers who were not Jersey born, 13 took up residence in Jersey after becoming pregnant and 5 became pregnant within 3 months of arriving in the Island. A further 33 unmarried mothers had been in Jersey under five years. Stillbirths. 23 stillbirths were registered in Jersey during 1966, this represents a stillbirth rate of 19.5 per 1,000 (live and still) births as against 16.2 in 1965. This rate is rather high but with our small population it is subject to wide chance variations from year to year. It has remained on a fairly steady level with no apparent upward or downward trend since 1951 when stillbirths were first made notifiable.