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Feltham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Council Offices,
Feltham.
Mr, Chairman, La-dies and Gentlemen.
I beg to present to you Bi-wearly Report on the Health
and sanitation of your District during 1939 and 1940.
The District is divided into three Wards: Bedfont, Felthom,
and Hanworth, with a total acreage of 4,935.
The estimated population is 33,510 (mid. 1939) and 36,120
in 1940. (Registrar General). The day population is increased by
people working at the various factories and shops. A small number
continue to work at agriculture.
The population is increasing by about 2,000 a year.
| 1939. | 1940. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The sum represented by a penny rate is | £931 | £1,020 | ||||||
| All classes of inhabited houses. | 10.117 | 10,186 | ||||||
| working class dwellings | 9,416 | 9 ,422 | ||||||
| New working-class dwellings erected | 19 | 6 | ||||||
| Total number of new houses erected | 44 | |||||||
| Vital Statistics. | 1939 . | 1940. | ||||||
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||
| Live births- | ||||||||
| Legitimate | 755 | 369 | 386 | 778 | 416 | 362 | ||
| illegitimate | 33 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 17 | 12 | ||
| Total | 788 | 389 | 399 | 807 | 433 | 374 | ||
| Birth rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population- 23,52 and 22.34. | ||||||||
| Still births | ||||||||
| Legitimate | 26 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 13 | 11 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 27 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 12 | ||
| Birth rate per 1,000 total births (live and still)- 22.22 and 22.02 Deaths- | ||||||||
| Death rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population | 1939. | 1940. | ||||||
| 8.17 | 8.94 | |||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes- | Rate per 1,000 total | |||||||
| Deaths | (live and still) births. | |||||||
| 1939 . | 1940. | 1939. | 1940. | |||||
| No. Puerperal sepsis. | 1 | 0 | 1.26 | 0 | ||||
| No.Other puerperal causes | 1 | 0 | 1.26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 .52 | 0 | ||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age- | 1939. | 1940. | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births. | 60.9 | 51. 6 | ||||||
| legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 58,2 | 47.7 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births | 90. 9 | 103.8 | ||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | .95 | .91 | ||||||
| Measles (all ages) | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | .06 | 0 | ||||||
| Diarrhoea (under two years) | .3 | .06 | ||||||
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