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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]

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Table: Deaths

Deaths

Total 350Male 190Female 160
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population—
Crude Death Rate7.0(19566.6 )
Comparability Factor1.59(19561.60)
Adjusted Death Rate11.13(195610.5 )
Death Rate from pulmonary tuberculosis
0.02(19560.06)
Death Rate from cancer1.52(19561.32)

Table: Maternal Mortality

Maternal Mortality

(Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List.)
Rate per 1,000 total Deaths, (live and still) births
No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth Abortion—(1956—
Infant Mortality
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (16)19.63(195621.89)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (16)20.07(195620.12)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (-)_(195674.07)
Death Rates of Infants under four weeks of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (13)15.95(195618.24)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (13)16.31(195616.35)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (-)_(195674.07)
Deaths from gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea: infants under two years (-)Rate per 1,000 live births (1956 —)

Table: Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1957

Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1957

Birth Rate16.1
Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 live and still births)22.4
Death Rate11.5
Deaths under one year of age23.0
Deaths under four weeks of age16.5
Maternal causes, excluding abortion0.39
Due to abortion0.08
Total maternal mortality0.47