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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Council Offices,
Feltham.
Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report on the Health and
Sanitation of your District during 1943.
The District is divided into three Wards: Bedfont,
Peltham and Hanworth with a total acreage of 4,935,
The estimated population is 36,000 (mid, 1943),
(Registrar General), This is a slight decrease compared with 1942.
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The day population is increased by people working at the various factories and shops A small number continue to work at agriculture.
The sum represented by a penny rate is | £1,100 | ||
All classes of inhabited houses | 10,096 | ||
Working-class dwellings | 9,392 | ||
New workings class dwellings erected | nil | ||
Total number of new houses erected | nil | ||
VITAL STATISTICS , | Total | Male | Female |
Live births | |||
Legitimate | 668 | 319 | 349 |
Illegitimate | 30 | 17 | 13 |
Total | 698 | 336 | 362 |
Birth rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population - 19,38 | |||
Still Births | |||
Legitimate | 18 | 8 | 10 |
Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | - |
Total | 19 | 9 | 10 |
Rate per 1,000 total births live and still) - 26,49 | |||
Deaths , | 297 | 151 | 146 |
Death rate pgr 1,000 of the estimated resident population - 8,25 | |||
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General is Short list) | |||
Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (Live and still) births, | ||
No, 29 Puerperal Sepsis | - | - | |
No, 30 Other Maternal Causes | 1 | 1,39 | |
Total | 1 | 1,39 | |
Death rates of infants under cone year of age | |||
All infants per 1,000 live births | 57,27 | ||
Legitimate infants per 1-000 legitimate live births | 44,91 | ||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births | 100,00 |