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Fulham 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909

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* Births in the year—Legitimate, 4U/9 ; Illegitimate, 227.
Deaths in the year of—Legitimate infants, 399 ; Illegitimate infants, 67.
• After distribution of the births in metropolitan Lying-in Institutions.

Table: TABLE XINFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909.

TABLE XINFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909.

CAU8E OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeki.2-3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—2 Months.2—3 Mouths.3—4 Months.4—5 Months.5—6 Months.6—7 Months.7—8 Months.8—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine W ard.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Waru.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1905.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1906.Total Deaths under 1 year, ]907.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1908.
All Causes{Certified92192314148544527292927193023132246615844879125187225691647564544
{Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious diseases...... 1..........1211
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox..................1...........................1... .....................
Measles...........................111351214.............1..........
Scarlet Fever......................................................231512...25101019
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).................................11......13..................11-
Whooping Cough...............3211112223321..1....1..1....433
Diarrhœal diseases—1532413236114114
Diarrhœa, all forms.........119137145124563382
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis...11...2232...2211.........151126252021421651926997
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh..................1......1..................2..34..411216242118
Wasting diseases—..11..........101285
Premature Birth5137667512,1.....................76
Congenital Defects1821...2122112.........1......30l15711235869794100101
Injury at Birth8.........8.................................82835813...19393240
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...1...121.........2..................5..1..16......41188
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus436316843431..12..244..1••22....••1322
11447428469475745
Tuberculous diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis...........................111.........14
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................1.....................1...2..2....2......181048
Other T uberculous diseases...1......12..................511...1011..................1336
Other Causes—..211..••6..13121711
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis42...17561...21...1.........23................11..1
Rickets...........................112......1...5112610..21189816
Meningitis {not Tuber culous)......1...1..................1...1......3..2..2......1..232
Convulsions......2...22......2121............10....1..1..1..101078
Bronchitis211262321.........23142412..13..122520710
Laryngitis....................................1.........14123525247195021
Pneumonia...11...210445544522653........1......2......
Suffocation, overlying2...2...4331........................1127871639159526774
Other Accidents1.........1.....................1.........2..2224..1..13181514
Other Causes241...7...13...2112.........17......11......5324
..1125..6238423018
92192314148544527292927193023132246615844879125187225692649565545

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Population—158,560 (estimated to middle of 1909).
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—2,115.