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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1949 POPULATION, estimated, 1949 124, 040

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1949 POPULATION, estimated, 1949 124, 040

LIVE BIRTHS:Rate per 1,000 Population
TotalMalesFemales19491948
Legitimate1916102888815.516.9
Illegitimate12269530.981.4
2038109794116.4818.3
STILLBIRTHS:
Legitimate4323200.340.24
Illegitimate6330.050.05
4926230.390.29
DEATHS:149974175812.0911.5
19491948
Percentage of Deaths in Public Institutions5456
Death Rate of Infants under One Year of Age:19491948
All Infants per l,000 live births26.426.5
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate births25.026.4
Illegitimate Infants per l,000 illegitimate births26.222.6
Deaths from:19491948
Cancer (allages)260276
Measles (all ages)2-
Whooping Cough (all ages)23
Diarrhoea (under two years of age)57