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Feltham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Total | 353 | Male | 192 | Female | 161 |
Death Rate per 1.000 of the estimated home population—
7.49 (1952 6.22).
Comparability Factor 1.48.
Adjusted Death Rate 11.08.
Maternal Mortality
(Heading 30 of the Register-General's Short List
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births
No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth
Abortion 2 2.54 (1952 —)
INFANT MORTALITY
Death rates of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (19) 24.57 (1952 20.22)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births (19) 25.78 (1952 21.16)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births (0) — (1952 — )
Death rates of infants under four weeks of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (14) 18.11 (1952 13.906)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births (14) 18.99 (1952 14.55)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births (0) — (1952 — )
Rate per 1.000
live births
Deaths from Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea.
infants under two years (2) 2.58 (1952 1.26)
Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales. 1953 :—
| Birth rate | 15.5 |
| Still Birth rate | 0.35 |
| Death rate | 11.4 |
| Deaths under one year of age ... | 26.8 |
| Deaths from enteritis and diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 1.1 |
Maternal Mortality—England and Wales. 1953
| Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puer-perium | 0.10 | 0.76 |
| Abortion with toxaemia | 0.01 | |
| Other Toxaemias of pregnancy and the puer-perium | 0.24 | |
| Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth | 0.13 | |
| Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia | 0.04 | |
| Abortion with sepsis | 0.06 | |
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.18 |