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Feltham 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]

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Council Offices,
Feltham.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlomon,
I bog to presort to you the Report on the Health and
Sanitation of your District during 1941 and 1942.
The District is divided into three Wards: Bedfont, Feltham
and Hanworth with a total acreage of 4,935.
The estimated population is 36,310 (mid, 1942), (Registrar
General), This is a small decrease on the 1941 population (36,620) which
figure is itself an increase of approximately 500 on the 1940 population.

Table: The day population is increased by people working at the various factorie and shops, A small number continue to work at agriculture.

The day population is increased by people working at the various factorie and shops, A small number continue to work at agriculture.

19411942
The sum represented by a penny m.te is£1,015£1,055
All classes of inhabited houses10,09610,096
Working-class dwellings9,5929,392
New working-class dwellings erectednilnil
Total number of new houses erected,nilnil

Table: VITAL STATISTICS,

VITAL STATISTICS,

19411942
TotalkaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale
Live births
Legitimate645325320749392357
Illegitimate23121125619
Total,668337331774398376

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Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population1941
- 18.24. 1942 - 21.31.

Table: Still births

Still births

Legitimate1431118612
Illegitimate------
Total1431118612

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Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) - 1941 - 20.52. 1942 -
21.31.
Deaths 325 187 138 354 190 164
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population1941
- 8.87. 1942 - 9.74.

Table: Deaths from puerperal causes(Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-Generals Short List)

Deaths from puerperal causes

(Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-Generals Short List)

19411942
Rate per 1,000 total (live end Deaths still) births.Rate-per 1,000 total (live and Deaths still) birthas.
No,29 Puerperal Sepsis----
No,30 Other Materna 1----
Cause----
Total----

Table: Death rates of infants under one year of age-

Death rates of infants under one year of age-

19411942
All infants per 1,00 live births,56.2.374,93