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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
Feltham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Deaths
Total 347 Male 187 Female 160.
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population—
Crude Death Rate 7.1 (1954 5.87).
Comparability Factor 1.48 (1954 1.48).
Adjusted Death Rate 10.5 (1954 8.68).
Death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis 0.102 —
(1954 0.103).
Death rate from Cancer 1.24 (1954 1.37).
Maternal Mortality
(Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List)
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births
No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth
Abortion (1954 1.29)
Infant Mortality
Death rates of Infants under one year of age—
| All infants per 1,000 live births (12) | 15.34 | (1954 17.10) |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (12) | 15.81 | (1954 17.68) |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (0) | — | (1954 — ) |
| Death rates of Infants under four weeks of age— | ||
| All infants per 1,000 live births (6) | 7.67 | (1954 13.15) |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (6) | 7.9 | (1954 13.60) |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (0) | — | (1954 — ) |
| Rate per 1,000 live births | ||
| Deaths from Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea, infants under two years (1) 1.27 | (1954 — ) | |
| Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1955: | ||
| Birth rate | 15.0 | |
| Still Birth rate (per 1,000 live and still births) | 23.1 | |
| Death rate | 11.7 | |
| Deaths under one year of age | 24.9 | |
| Death under of age) | 17.3 | |
| Maternal Mortality—England and Wales, 1955: — | ||
| Maternal causes, excluding abortion | ||
| Due to abortion | ||
| Total maternal mortality | 0.64 | |