[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

Fulham 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

Published: 1919
Pages: 41
Tables: 14

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TABLE I. vital statistics of whole district during 1917 and previous years.

Year.	Population Estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable deaths†		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Uncorrected Number.	Nett.						Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
			Nett.						Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages.
			Number.	Rate	Number. *	Rate.	of Non-Residents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District.	Number. *	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.	Number. *	Rate.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1918.

Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a).											Total Deaths wether of "Residents" in Institutions in the District(b)	Nett Deaths at all ages of "Residents" in the Wards of the Borough whether occurring in or beyond the Wards.
Causes or Death		All Ages	Under 1 Year	1 and under 2 years	2 and under 5 year.	5 and under 15 years	15 and under 25 years	25 and under45 years	45 and under 65 year.	65 and upwards		Barons Court Ward	Lillie Ward	Walham Ward	Margravine Ward	Munsier Ward	Hurlingham Ward	Sands End Ward	Town Ward
1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19

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TABLE III. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1918.

Nett Deaths from slated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.												Nett Deaths under One Year of residents in the Wards of the Borough whether occurring in or beyond the Wards.
CAUSE OF DEATH.		Under 1 Week.	1—3 Week.	2—3 Weeks.	3—4 Weeks.	Total under 4 Weeks.	4 Weeks and under 3 Month*.	8 Months and under 6 Months.	6 Month* and under 9 Month*.	9 Months and under 13 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.	Barons Court Ward.	Lillie Ward.	Walham Ward.	Margravine Ward.	Munster Ward.	Hurlingham Ward.	Sands End Ward.	Town Ward.

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TABLE IV. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1918.

Notifiable Disease.	Number of Cases Notified.								Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough.								Total cases removed to Hospital,
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.							Barons Court Ward.	Lillie Ward.	Walham Ward.	Margravine Ward.	Munster Ward.	Hurlingham Ward.	Sands End Ward.	Town Ward.
	At all Ages.	Under 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 45.	45 to 65	65 and upwards	Barons Court Ward.	Lillie Ward.	Walham Ward.	Margravine Ward.	Munster Ward.	Hurlingham Ward.	Sands End Ward.	Town Ward.

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TABLE V. PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of notifications during the period from December 80 th, 1911 , to 28 th December, 1918.

Age periods.	Number of Notifications on Form A.													Number of Notifications on Form B. (by School Medical Officers)					Number of Notifications on Form C. of admission to
	Primary Notifications.												Total Notifications on Form A	Primary Notifications.				Total Notifications on Form B	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.
	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 and upwards	Total.	Total Notifications on Form A	Under 5.	5 to 10	10 to 15	Total.	Total Notifications on Form B	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.

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The deaths from influenza and pneumonia in each week of the year, were as under:—

Week ending. Deaths from Influenza. Deaths from Pneumonia. Week ending. Deaths from Influenza. Deaths from Pneumonia.
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The following table gives the age and sex distribution of the deaths from influenza:— TABLE VII.

Age. Sex. Total. Percentage of deaths at each age period.
Males. Females.

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The undermentioned samples were purchased for analysis in 1918:—

Article.	Number of Samples taken. Officially.	Number Adulterated.	Number of Samples taken Unofficially.	Number Adulterated.	Total Samples.	Total Adulterated.	Percentage of Adulteration.

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Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts were instituted in the following cases:—

Defendant. Offence. Result. Penalty, Costs.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
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Defendant. Offence. Result. Penalty. Costs.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
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Defendant. Offence. Result. Penalty. Costs.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
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Prosecutions under the Milk (Amendment) Order, 191 7, were instituted in the following cases:—

Defendant. Offence. Result. Penalty. Costs.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
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The following is a rough estimate of the cost:—
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The estimated cost of the scheme is:—