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Feltham 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Council Offices,
Feltham.
October, 1951.
Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Williams and Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report on the Health
and Sanitation of your District for the year 1950.
The District is divided into three Wards: Bedfont,
Feltham and Hanworth, with a total acreage of 4.925.
A small number continue to work in agriculture.
| The sum represented by a penny rate is | £1,296 11s. 2d. | ||
| Rateable Value | £322,718 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses | 11,190 | ||
| Number of new houses erected | 311 | ||
| Total | Male | Female | |
| Legitimate | 654 | 342 | 312 |
| Illegitimate | 25 | 13 | 12 |
| Total | 679 | 355 | 324 |
| Birth Rate | |||
| per 1,000 of the estimated home population— 15.52 (1949 16.93) | |||
| Comparability Factor 0.97 | |||
| Legitimate | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | — |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still)—20.20 (1949 29.41)
Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population—
0.32 (1949 0.513)