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Feltham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Death rates of infants under one year of age Continued) -
| 1941 | 1942 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 58,17 | 73.43 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1.000 illegitimate live births | - | 120,00 | ||||||
| 1941 | 1942 | |||||||
| Rate per 1,000 of estimated population | Rate per 1,000 of estimated population | |||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 53 | 1.44 | 53 | 1.45 | ||||
| " " Measles (all ages). | 1 | 0.027 | - | - | ||||
| " " Whooping Cough (all ages | 3 | 0.08 | - | - | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 live births | Rate per 1,000 live births | |||||||
| " " Diarrhoea (tinder two years) | 7 | 10 .63 | 17 | 21.96 | ||||
The Births Death and Maternity Mortality rates for England and Wales in 1941 and 1942 were-
| 1941 | 1942 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Rate | 14.2 | 15.8 | |||||
| Still Birth Rate | 0.51 | 0.54 | |||||
| Death Rate | 12.9 | 11.6 | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.48 | 0.42 | |||||
| Others | 1.75 | 1.59 | |||||
| Total | 2.23 | 2.01 | |||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH IN YOUR AREA. | 1941. | 1942. | |||||
| Male | Tota1 | Male | Total | ||||
| 1, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. | .- | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 3, Searlet fever | - | - | - | - | |||
| 4.Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | |||
| 5. Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 11 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
| 7. Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | |
| 8. Syphilitic disease | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | a# | 1 | |
| 9. Influenze | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 , Measles | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 11, Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | ||||
| 12. Acute infectious encaphalitis | - | - | — | - | |||
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and eosophagus (M) uterus(F) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum. | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 15. Cancer of breast | - | 7 | 7 | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 18 | 10 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| 17. Diabetes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 18. Intra-crania1 vascular lesions | 12 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| 19. Heart diseases | 48 | 26 | 74 | 39 | 30 | 69 | |
| 20. Other diseases of the | 8 | ||||||
| circulatory system | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 21. Bronchitis | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 22. pneumonia | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 31 | |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases. | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duoenum | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | ||