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Fulham 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1894
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Mortality at Adolescence.
At the age of 15 to 25 years 75 deaths were recorded, the
rate of mortality being 4"0.
Mortality at Maturity,
At the age of 25 to 65 years there were 525 deaths, a
number equivalent to a death rate of 113.
Mortality at Decline,
At the age of 65 and over, 238 persons died, the death rate
at this age-period being 68.9.
Deaths and Death rate from Zymotic Diseases. 426 deaths were due to the principal Zymotic Diseases, viz.:-
| Smallpox | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 108 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 |
| Measles | 160 |
| Whooping Cough ... | 58 |
| Diarrhœa | 57 |
| 426 |
The death rate from these diseases was 3.9 per 1000
living, as compared with 3.3 for last year, and 2"6 for the
whole of London. Only three Sanitary Areas in London
had a higher Zymotic death rate than Fulham, viz.:
St. George's-in-the-East, Limehouse and Mile End, and it
also exceeded that of any of the 32 large towns in England.