London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Fulham 1949

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

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Infantile Deaths:-

There were 53 deaths of infants under the age of one year, the causes being as follows:-

19491948
Whooping cough23
Syphilitic disease-1
Bronchitis21
Pneumonia65
Diarrhoea47
Prematurity1122
Other respiratory diseases-1
Asphyxia21
Congenital malformations etc.1916
Otitis Media1-
Meningitis11
Mongolism-1
Tuberculosis of respiratory system1-
Other digestive diseases1-
Want of attention at birth1-
All other causes2-
5359

The Infant Mortality rate was 26.4 per 1,000
live births (26.5 in 1948).