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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Male 217 | Female 158 | Total 375 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population— | |||
| Crude Death Rate | 7.4 | ||
| Comparability Factor | 1.58 | ||
| Adjusted Death Rate | 11.7 | ||
| Death Rate from pulmonary tuberculosis | 0.02 | ||
| Death Rate from cancer | 1.4 | ||
| Birth Rate | 16.4 | ||
| Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 live and still births) | 21.6 | ||
| Death Rate | 11.7 | ||
| Deaths under one year of age | 22.6 | ||
| Deaths under four weeks of age | 16.2 | ||
| Maternal causes, excluding abortion | 0.35 | ||
| Due to abortion | 0.08 | ||
| Total maternal mortality | 0.43 | ||
Table of Birth and Death Rates for previous 10 years
| Year | * Birth Crude Adjusted | * Death Rate Crude Adjusted | † Still Birth Rate | † Maternal Death | ‡ Infant Under 1 yr. | Death Rate Under 4 weeks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 16.3 | 15.81 | 7.0 | 11.13 | 23.95 | nil | 19.63 | 15.95 |
| 1956 | 16.7 | 16.19 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 14.38 | nil | 21.89 | 18.24 |
| 1955 | 16.0 | 15.84 | 7.1 | 10.5 | 13.87 | nil | 15.34 | 7.67 |
| 1954 | 15.76 | 15.60 | 5.87 | 8.68 | 15.54 | 1.29 | 17.10 | 13.15 |
| 1953 | 16.41 | 16.24 | 7.49 | 11.08 | 15 28 | 2.54 | 24.57 | 18.11 |
| 1952 | 16.98 | 16.47 | 6.22 | 8.77 | 18.61 | nil | 20.22 | 13.9 |
| 1951 | 15.76 | 15.28 | 7.03 | 9.91 | 15.19 | nil | 18.23 | 11.22 |
| 1950 | 15.52 | 15.05 | 7.11 | 10.02 | 20.20 | 1.43 | 25.03 | — |
| 1949 | 16.93 | — | 7.76 | 10.86 | 29.41 | nil | 28.92 | — |
| 1948 | 20.10 | — | 7.05 | — | 19.76 | nil | 26.09 | — |
* Rale per 1,000 estimated home population.
† Rate per 1,000 total births,
‡ Rate per 1,000 live births.
Causes of Death
| Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tuberculosis—Respiratory | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Tuberculosis—Other | — | — | — |
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | — | — | — |
| 4. | Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 5. | Whooping cough | — | — | — |
| 6. | Meningococcal infection | — | — | — |
| 7. | Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
| 8. | Measles | — | — | — |
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 11. | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 12. | Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 6 | 6 |
| 13. | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | 4 | 4 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 16. | Diabetes | — | 1 | 1 |