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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 1910

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910

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Causes of Infantile Mortality.

Table: Table VIII. gives the causes of infantile mortality at various periods under one year, and the following gives the proportion of deaths occurring at certain age periods:—TABLE IX.

Table VIII. gives the causes of infantile mortality at various periods under one year, and the following gives the proportion of deaths occurring at certain age periods:—

TABLE IX.

Percentage of Total Deaths under one Year.Age Period.
Under one week21.2
Over one and under four weeks13.4
One and under three months18.8
Three and under six months16.9
Six and under nine months18.0
Nine and under twelve months11.7

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Table X. gives the infantile death-rates of the several
wards of the borough, corrected by the distribution of the
birth in Fulham Infirmary since 1901, when the particulars of
the births registered in the borough were first obtained.

Table: TABLE X. Deaths under one year per 1,000 births.

TABLE X. Deaths under one year per 1,000 births.

Ward.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909*.1910*.
Baron's Court15213498181108881469175122
Lillie149159138137147137151106122103
Walham195164142185183166184152140156
Margravine138157144179153171136129133135
Munster139130125140137142116120102103
Hurlingham147991041599815099817643
Sands End17418212115616812710713694109
Town118106761211057264649881

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•The figures for 1909 and 1910 include the births in outside Maternity
Institutions.