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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]

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Still Birth Rate per 1,000 of
the estimated home population
0.24 (1955 0.22)
Deaths
Total 327 Male 193 Female 134

Table: Death Rateper 1,000 of the estimated home population—

Death Rateper 1,000 of the estimated home population—

Crude Death Rate6.6(1955 7.1 )
Comparability Factor1.60(1955 1.48)
Adjusted Death Rate10.5(1955 10.5 )
Death Rate from pulmonary tuberculosis0.06(1955 0.102)
Death Rate from cancer1.32(1955 1.24)

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Maternal Mortality
(Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List.)
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths, (live and still) births
No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth
Abortion — — (1955 —)

Table: Infant Mortality

Infant Mortality

Death Rates of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (18)21.89(1955 15.34)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (16)20.12(1955 15.81)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (2)74.07(1955 — )
Death Rates of Infants under four weeks of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (15)18.24(1955 7.67)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (13)16.35(1955 7.9 )
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (2)74.07(1955 — )
Rate per 1,000 live births
Deaths from gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa: infants under two years (0)— (1955 1.27)

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Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1956
Rate per 1,000
live births
Birth Rate 15.7
Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 live and still births) 23.0
Death Rate 11.7
Deaths under one year of age 23.8
Deaths under four weeks of age 16.9
Maternal causes, excluding abortion 0.46
Due to abortion 0.10
Total maternal mortality 0.56