Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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DEATHS
DEATHS
Male | 195 | Female | 192 | Total | 387 |
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population— | |||||
Crude Death Rate | 7.6 | ||||
Comparability Factor | 1.6 | ||||
Adjusted Death Rate | 12.16 | ||||
Death Rate from pulmonary tuberculosis | 0.02 | ||||
Death Rate from Cancer | 1.68 |
Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1961
Birth Rate | 17.4 |
Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 live and still births) | 18.7 |
Death Rate | 12.0 |
Deaths under one year of age | 21.4 |
Deaths under four weeks of age | 15.5 |
Maternal causes, excluding abortion | 0.27 |
Due to abortion | 0.07 |
Total maternal mortality | 0.33 |
Table of Birth and Death Rates for previous 10 years
* | * | † | † | ‡ | ||||
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Birth Rate | Death Rate | Still Birth Rtae | Maternal Deaths | Infant Death Rate | ||||
Year | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Under 1 yr. | Under 4 weks. | ||
1960 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 7.2 | 11.5 | 18.9 | nil | 18.2 | 12.8 |
1959 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 11.05 | nil | 24.8 | 19.9 |
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 |
* Rate per 1,000 estimated home population. | ||||||||
†Rate per 1,000 total births. | ||||||||
‡Rate per 1,000 live births. |
Table I
Causes of Deaths
Male | Female | Total | ||
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1. | Tuberculosis—Respiratory | 1 | — | 1 |
2. | Tuberculosis—Other | — | — | — |
3. | Syphilitic disease | 2 | — | 2 |
4. | Diphtheria | — | — | — |
5. | Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
6. | Meningococcal infection | — | 1 | 1 |
7. | Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
8. | Measles | — | — | — |
9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | _ | _ | _ |
10. | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 11 | 6 | 17 |
11. | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 19 | 5 | 24 |
12. | Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 4 | 4 |
13. | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | 1 | 1 |