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Feltham 1943

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

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 houses10,096
Working-class dwellings9,392
New workings class dwellings erectednil
Total number of new houses erectednil
VITAL STATISTICS ,TotalMaleFemale
Live births
Legitimate668319349
Illegitimate301713
Total698336362
Birth rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population - 19,38
Still Births
Legitimate18810
Illegitimate11-
Total19910
Rate per 1,000 total births live and still) - 26,49
Deaths ,297151146
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)
DeathsRate per 1,000 total (Live and still) births,
No, 29 Puerperal Sepsis--
No, 30 Other Maternal Causes11,39
Total11,39
Death rates of infants under cone year of age
All infants per 1,000 live births57,27
Legitimate infants per 1-000 legitimate live births44,91
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births100,00