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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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DEATHS
Male 232 Female 191 Total 423
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population—
| Crude Death Rate | 8.18 |
| Comparability Factor | 1.61 |
| Adjusted Death Rate | 13.16 |
| Death Rate from pulmonary tuberculosis | 0.03 |
| Death Rate from Cancer | 1.7 |
| Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1961 | |
| Birth Rate | 18.0 |
| Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 live and still births) | 18.1 |
| Death Rate | 11.9 |
| Deaths under one year of age | 21.4 |
| Deaths under four weeks of age | 15.1 |
| Maternal causes, excluding abortion | 0.28 |
| Due to abortion | 0.07 |
| Total maternal mortality | 0.35 |
Table of Birth and Death Rates for previous 10 years
| Year | * Birth Rate | * Death Rate | † Still Birth Rate | † Maternal Deaths | ‡ Infant Death Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 yr. | Under 4 wks. | |||||||
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | |||||
| 1961 | 18.03 | 17.66 | 7.6 | 12.16 | 11.8 | 1.07 | 24.97 | 20.63 |
| 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 |
| * 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 |
| 2. Tuberculosis—Other | 2 | — | 2 |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | — | — | — |
| 4. Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 5. Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
| 6. Meningococcal infection | — | — | — |
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
| 8. Measles | — | — | — |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | — | — | — |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | 6 | 6 |