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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Age | Male | Female | Causes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 day | 2 | 5 | Prematurity | 7 |
| 1 | — | Other Diseases | 1 | |
| 1 | — | Atelectasis | 1 | |
| 1 | — | Rhesus incompatibility | 1 | |
| 24 hours to under 1 week | 1 | 1 | ||
| Prematurity | 2 | |||
| Congenital malformation heart | 2 | |||
| 2 | — | |||
| 1 | — | Other diseases | 1 | |
| — | 1 | Mongol | 1 | |
| 1 week to 1 month | — | — | — | |
| 1 month to 2 months | 1 | — | Congenital malformation heart | 1 |
| 2 months to 3 months | — | 1 | Congenital malformation heart | 1 |
| 3 months to 6 months | — | 1 | Congenital malformation heart | 1 |
| — | 1 | Blood disease | 1 | |
| 6 months to 9 months | _ | _ | _ | |
| 9 months to 1 year | — | — | — | |
| 10 | 10 | 20 |
DEATHS
Male 229 Female 210 Total 439
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population—
Crude Death Rate 8.43
Comparability Factor 1.48
Adjusted Death Rate 12.47
Death Rate from pulmonary tuberculosis 0.1
Death Rate from cancer 1.79
Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1963
Birth Rate 18.2
Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 live and still births) 17.3
Death Rate 12.2
Deaths under one year of age 20.9
Deaths under four weeks of age 14.2
Maternal causes, excluding abortion 0.22
Due to abortion 0.06
Total maternal mortality 0.28