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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1909
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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In the County of London the death-rate from diarrhoea
was 0.33 per 1,000, and only four of the metropolitan boroughs
had higher rates than Fulham.
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOUS DISEASES.
Two hundred and six deaths were registered from phthisic
(tuberculosis of the lungs), 104 of which occurred in
Public Institutions, the decennial average corrected for the
increase of population being 230; and 65 deaths were ascribed
to other tuberculous diseases, such as tuberculous meningitis,
tabes mesenterica and general tuberculosis.
In the several wards of the borough the death-rates from
phthisis and other tuberculous diseases were as under:—
TABLE XXVIII.
| Death-rate from Phthisis. | Death-rate from other Tuberculous Diseases. | Death-rate from all Tuberculous Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baron's Court Ward | 0.98 | 0.23 | 1.21 |
| Lillie Ward | 1.74 | 0.34 | 2.08 |
| Walham Ward | 1.19 | 0.44 | 1.53 |
| Margravine Ward | 1.91 | 0.62 | 2.53 |
| Munster Ward | 1.15 | 0.37 | 1.52 |
| Hurlingham Ward | 1.20 | 0.22 | 1.42 |
| Sands End Ward | 1.10 | 0.61 | 1.71 |
| Town Ward | 1.00 | 0.23 | 1.23 |
| The Borough | 1.30 | 0.41 | 1.71 |