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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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STATISTICS FOR THE AREA
Area and Acreage (Bedfont, Feltham and
Hanworth) 4,925 acres
Population 52,290
Number of inhabited dwellings 14,758
Number of new dwellings erected 412
The product of a penny rate £4,289
The rateable value £1,107,402
| LIVE BIRTHS | Total | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 888 | 452 | 436 |
| Illegitimate | 48 | 26 | 22 |
| Total | 936 | 478 | 458 |
| Live Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated home population | 17.9 | ||
| Adjusted Live Birth Rate | 17.2 | ||
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Male | Female | |
| Legitimate | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 18.9 | ||
| Total Live and Still Births | 954 | ||
| Total | Male | Female | |
| Legitimate | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 17 | 10 | 7 |
| Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births | 18.2 | ||
| Legitimate Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 16.89 | ||
| Illegitimate Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 41.7 | ||
| Total | Male | Female | |
| Legitimate | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Neo.Natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births | 12.8 | ||
| Early Neo.Natal Mortality Rate (first week) per 1,000 live births | 12.8 | ||
| Perinatal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live and still births | 31.1 | ||
| Maternal Deaths (including abortion) | nil | ||
| Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 total live and still births | nil | ||