Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Table of Birth and Death Rates for previous 10 years
Year | * Birth Rate Crude Adjusted | * Death Rate Crude Adjusted | † Still Birth Rate | † Maternal Death Rate | † Infant Under | Death Rate Under | ||
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1 yr. | 4 wks. | |||||||
1956 | 16.7 | 16.19 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 14.38 | nil | 21.89 | 18.24 |
1955 | 16.0 | 15.84 | 7.1 | 10.5 | 13.87 | nil | 15.34 | 7.67 |
1954 | 15.76 | 15.60 | 5.87 | 8.68 | 15.54 | 1.29 | 17.10 | 13.15 |
1953 | 16.41 | 16.24 | 7.49 | 11.08 | 15.28 | 2.54 | 24.57 | 18.11 |
1952 | 16.98 | 16.47 | 6.22 | 8.77 | 18.61 | nil | 20.22 | 13.9 |
1951 | 15.76 | 15.28 | 7.03 | 9.91 | 15.19 | nil | 18.23 | 11.22 |
1950 | 15.52 | 15.05 | 7.11 | 10.02 | 20.20 | 1.43 | 25.03 | — |
1949 | 16.93 | - | 7.76 | 10.86 | 29.41 | nil | 28.92 | - |
1948 | 20.10 | - | 7.05 | - | 19.76 | nil | 26.09 | — |
1947 | 21.78 | - | 7.94 | — | 14.78 | nil | 51.96 | — |
*Rate per †Rate per †Rate per | 1,000 estimated home population. 1,000 total births. 1,000 live births. |
Male | Female | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Tuberculosis—Respiratory | — | 1 | 1 |
2. | Tuberculosis—Other | — | — | — |
3. | Syphilitic disease | — | — | — |
4. | Diphtheria | — | — | — |
5. | Whooping cough | — | — | — |
6. | Meningococcal infection | — | — | — |
7. | Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
8. | Measles | — | — | |
9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | — | — | — |
10. | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 4 | 2 | 6 |
11. | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 24 | 1 | 25 |
12. | Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 7 | 7 |
13. | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | 1 | 1 |
14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 21 | 16 | 37 |
15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | — | 1 | 1 |
16. | Diabetes | — | 1 | 1 |
17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 17 | 21 | 38 |
18. | Coronary disease, angina | 27 | 14 | 41 |
19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 8 | 7 | 15 |
20. | Other heart disease | 21 | 38 | 59 |
21. | Other circulatory disease | 3 | 5 | 8 |
22. | Influenza | 1 | 1 | 2 |
23. | Pneumonia | 10 | 10 | 20 |
24. | Bronchitis | 13 | 5 | 18 |
25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 2 |