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Fulham 1893

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1893

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Table E. Showing the number of Deaths at All Ages in1893 from certain Groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of population at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths at all Ages.
1.Principal Zymotic Diseases3443.3170
2.Pulmonary Diseases4063.8200
3.Tubercular Diseases2312.2114

1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and
Membranous Croup, Whooping Cough, Typhus, Enteric and Simple
Continued Fevers, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis,, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Tabes, and Tubercular
Meningitis.

Table F. INFANTILE MORTALITY IN FULHAM. Table showing the number of deaths of Infants under One Year from certain diseases and the proportion to 1,000 births and to 1,000deaths from all causes under one year.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 Births.Deaths per1,000of Total Deaths, under one year.
Measles61.69.1
Whooping Cough4211.36.37
Other Common Infectious Diseases82.112.1
Diarrhœa10929.3164.2
Tubercular Diseases4512.168.2
Convulsions369.854.6
Other Nervous Diseases133.519.7
Lung Diseases (not Phthisis)9826.4145.6
Wasting Diseases17446.8148.7
Found Dead in Bed92.413.6

(a) These are Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous
Croup, and Enteric Fever.
(b) These are Phthisis, Tubercular Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica,
and General Tuberculosis.
(c) These are Meningitis and other Diseases of Brain and Spinal
(d) These are Premature Birth, and such ill-defined causes as
Atrophy, Marasmus, Debility, Inanition, &c.