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Fulham 1900
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900
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TABLE VII.
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population. | |
| Baron's Court Ward | 12.9 |
| Lillie Ward | 18.3 |
| Walham Ward | 20.2 |
| Margravine Ward | 19.4 |
| Munster Ward | 18.2 |
| Hurlingham Ward | 13.1 |
| Sand's End Ward | 16.3 |
| Town Ward | 15.9 |
The above may be considered fairly satisfactory, no part of the
borough showing an exceptionally high death-rate.
Deaths and Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases.
TABLE VIII.
| Smallpox | – |
| Measles | 80 |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 |
| Diphtheria | 65 |
| Whooping Cough | 54 |
| Enteric and Continued Fever | 19 |
| Diarrhœa | 156 |
| 397 |
These deaths are equal to a death-rate per 1,000 living of 2.97,
the corresponding rate of the County of London being 2.19; of
the three adjoining parishes, that of Kensington was 1.66, of
Hammersmith, 2.23, and of Chelsea, 1.77. In the various sanitary
areas of the Metropolis the Zymotic death-rates ranged from 0.78
in St. George, Hanover Square, 0.84 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
and 0.89 in the City of London, to 3.40 in Rotherhithe, 3.53 in St.
George, Southwark, and 4.10 in Limehouse.
The deaths that occurred from Zymotic diseases in each ward
of the borough will be found in Table XI., and the following Table
gives the death-rate from each disease in the eight wards : —