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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Feltham 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]

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Table: Death rates of infants under one year of age

Death rates of infants under one year of age

All infanta per 1,000 live births (26)35.13
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (23)32.53
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (3)90.90
TotalRate per 1,000 of estimated population.
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)431.21
" " Measles (all ages)--
" " Whooping Cough (all ages)3.08
Rate per 1,000 live births
" " Diarrhoea (under two years)11.35

Table: The Birth, Death and Maternal Mortality rates for England and Wales in 1944 were:-

The Birth, Death and Maternal Mortality rates for England and Wales in 1944 were:-

Birth Rate17.6
Still Birth Rate0.50
Death Rate11.6
Puerperal Sepsis0.28
Others1.5
Total Maternal Mortality Rate1.53

Table: CAUSES OF DEATH IN YOUR AREA

CAUSES OF DEATH IN YOUR AREA

MaleFemaleTotal
1.Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers---
2.Cerebro-spinal fever---
3.Scarlet fever---
4.Whooping Cough-33
5.Diphtheria1-1
6.Tuberculosis of the respiratory system111324
7.Other forms of tuberculosis213
8.Syphilitic disease3-3
9.Influenza213
10.Measles---
11.Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis---
12.Acute infectious encephalitis---
13.Cancer of buccal cavity and eosophagus (M) Uterus (F)358
14.Cancer of stomach and duodenum628
15.Cancer of breast-44
16.Cancer of all other sites131023
17.Diabetes-22
18.Intra-cranial vascular lesions639
19.Heart disease353166
20.Other diseases of the circulatory system4610
21.Bronchitis15823
22.Pneumonia7916
23.Other respiratory diseases112
24.Ulceration of the stomach of duodenum4-4