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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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DEATHS
Male 232 Female 213 Total 445
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population—
Crude Death Rate 8.6
Comparability Factor 1.57
Adjusted Death Rate 13.5
Death Rate from pulmonary tuberculosis 0.02
Death Rate from cancer 1.37
Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1959
Birth Rate 16.5
Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 live and still births) 20.7
Death Rate 11-6
Deaths under one year of age 22.6
Deaths under four weeks of age 15.8
Maternal causes, excluding abortion 0.32
Due to abortion 0.06
Total maternal mortality 0.38
| * | * | † | † | ‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Rate | Death Rate | Still Birth Rate | Materna Deaths | Infant Death Rate. | ||||
| Year | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Under 1 yr. | Under 4 Weeks | ||
| 1958 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 7.4 | 11.7 | 10-55 | nil | 21.32 | 16.58 |
| 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 | — |
* Rate per 1,000 estimated home population,
† Rate per 1,000 total births.
‡ Rate per 1,000 live births.
Table I 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 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | — | 1 |
| 8. Measles | — | — | — |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | — | 2 | 2 |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 12. 'Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 6 | 6 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | — | — |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 21 | 18 | 39 |