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FELTHAM URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report for the year 1915.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The estimated Civil Population of the Feltham Urban District is
given by the Registrar General as 5124, and most of the rates are
calculated upon this estimate, but the Birth Rate is calculated on the
total population of 1914, viz., 5891.
The number of Deaths registered in the district was 57, which gives
a Death Rate of 11.1 per thousand. There were 13 deaths registered
outside the district, and one registered as non-resident, which gives a
Corrected Death Rate of 13.4.
The number of Births registered in the district was 127, which
calculated on the total Population of 1914, viz., 5891, gives a Birth
Rate of 23.2 per thousand.
Out of 127 Births, 7 died before reaching the age of 1 year, giving
an Infant Mortality Rate of 55.1. Of these 1 died under 1 week, 1
under 2 weeks, 1 under 3 months, and 4 between 9 and 12 months old.
Two were from Whooping Cough, 2 from Prematurity, 1 Wasting, 1
from Bronchitis, and 1 Convulsions.
This rate is a great improvement on the year 1913 of 112.9, and a
slight improvement of 1914 of 56 per thousand births.
The Zymotic Death Rate comes out at 1.3, owing to 3 deaths
from Measles, and 4 from Whooping Cough.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Of the 4 principal Infectious Diseases, 18 were notified during the
year, and compared with England and Wales the following are the
attack rates per thousand of population:—
Feltham. England & Wales.
Scarlet Fever 1.76. 3.59.
Diphtheria nil. 1.52.
Enteric Fever 0.59. 0.18.
Erysipelas 1.67. 0.66.
There were no Deaths among the 8 Scarlet Fever, 7 Erysipelas, and
2 Enteric cases. One Enteric died in Hospital from an Orbital Abscess,
and Meningitis following it. All the Scarlet Fever cases, and 2 Enteric
Fever cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital.