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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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Of these 210 were due to Phthisis and 89 to other tubercular
diseases such as Tubercular Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica, and
General Tuberculosis, these diseases accounting for 12.8 per cent,
of the deaths from all causes and it is probable that many of the
deaths ascribed to Marasmus, Debility, Convulsions, etc., were
tubercular in nature.
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tricts with a large infantile population, i.e.—a high birth-rate, and
that the statement of the relation borne by the total number of
deaths from Diarrhoea to the number of births affords a more
accurate method of comparison.
Calculated in this way, the Diarrhœal rates for Fulham, the
adjoining Parishes and London, are as follows: —

Calculated in this way, the Diarrhœal rates for Fulham, the adjoining Parishes and London, are as follows :— TABLE XXVII.

Deaths from Diarrhoea per 1,000 Births in 1900.
Fulham34.5
Kensington30.0
Hammersmith31.7
Chelsea36.5
London27.0

The following Table gives the number of deaths per 1,000
births ascribed to Diarrhoea and Enteritis since 1893 in Fulham
and London.

TABLE XXVIII.   Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis per 1,000 Births.

Fulham.London.
1893...45.3...32.1
1894...22.1...21.0
189545.145.1...38.3
1896...46.9...36.8
1897...52.1...48.0
1898...61.7...52.5
1899...70.8...56.4
1900...43.9...43.8

Influenza.
49 deaths were directly attributed to Influenza, which was
epidemic in the beginning of the year. In the three preceding
years it caused 19, 24 and 49 deaths.
Deaths from Tubercular Diseases.
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45.1
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