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Fulham 1903

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903

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33
DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Measles.
For the first six months of the year the Borough was
practically free from the disease, but an epidemic commenced in
July among the children attending Kingwood Road Board
School, and gradually extended over the whole of the Borough
to the north of Fulham Road, the southern portion remaining
unaffected.

Table: The deaths from Measles in the four quarters of the year were :—

The deaths from Measles in the four quarters of the year were :—

No. of Deaths.
Ist Quarter2
2nd „1
3rd ,,11
4th „48
62

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These deaths correspond to a death-rate per 1,000 of 0 42.
The deaths and the death-rate from Measles daring the
preceding 10 years are shewn in the following table: —

Table: The deaths and the death-rate from Measles daring the preceding 10 years are shewn in the following table:— TABLE XXVII.

The deaths and the death-rate from Measles daring the preceding 10 years are shewn in the following table:— TABLE XXVII.

Year.No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000
1893120·12
18941601·51
1895500·46
18961010·88
1897500·42
1898590·48
1899680·53
1900800·60
1901380·28
19021681·15
Mean of 10 years— 1893-1902790.64
1903620·42

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