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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| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 41 | 1.13 |
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | - | - |
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | - |
| Rate per 1,000 live births | ||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under two years) | 5 | 7.16 |
The Birth, Death and Maternal Mortality rates for England and Wales in 1943 were
| Birth Rate | 16.5 | ||||
| Still Birth Rate | 0.51 | ||||
| Death Rate | 12.1 | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.39 | ||||
| Others | 1.45 | ||||
| Total Maternal Mortality Rate | 1.84 | ||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH IN YOUR AREA | Male | Female | Total | ||
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | |
| 2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | ||
| 3 | Scarlet fever | - | - | - | |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | |
| 5 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Syphilitic disease | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 9 | Influenza | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 10 | Measles | - | - | - | |
| 11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | |
| 12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | |
| 13 | Cancer of buccal cavity and eosophagus (M) uterus (F) | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites, | 13 | 17 | 30 | |
| 17, | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| 19 | Heart disease | 30 | 35 | 65 | |
| 20 | Other diseases of the circulatory System | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | Bronohitis | 13 | 7 | 20 | |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 24 | Uloeration of the stomachl or duoderm | 4 | - | 4 | |
| 25 | Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 26 | Appendioitis | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 28 | Nephritis | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis a | - | - | - | |
| 30 | Other maternal cause | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 | Premature birth | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 32, | Congenital malformations,, birth injury, infantile disease | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 33 | Suicide | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 35 | other violent causes | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 36 | All other causes | 17 | 9 | 26 | |
| 151 | 146 | 297 | |||