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Fulham 1897
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1897
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DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES. 360 deaths were due to the seven principal Zymotic diseases, viz.:—
| Smallpox | |
| Measles | 50 |
| Scarlet Fever | 27 |
| Diphtheria | 63 |
| Enteric Fever | 12 |
| Whooping Cough | 61 |
| Diarrhœa | 147 |
These 360 deaths represent a death-rate of 3.00, while the corresponding
rate of the County of London was 2.58 ; of the three adjoining parishes, that
of Kensington was 1.78, that of Hammersmith 1.99, and that of Chelsea 2.55.
In the various sanitary areas of the Metropolis the Zymotic death-rates
ranged from no in St. Georges's, Hanover Square, 1.l6 in Hampstead and
1.19 in St. Martin's, to 4.07 in Shoreditch, 4.27 in St. George's-in-the-East,
and 4.35 in St. George's, Southwark and Bermondsey.
In the 32 large provincial towns the Zymotic death-rate averaged 3.05 ,
ranging from 1.36 in Swansea, 1.39 in Halifax, 1.43 in Croydon and 1.50 in
Huddersfield, to 3.98 in Burnley, 4.02 in Bolton, 4.22 in Wolverhampton,
5.50 in Salford and 5.64 in Preston.
During the past 10 years the number of deaths and the death-rate from these diseases have been as under:—
| Deaths. | Death Rate. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1887 | 269 | 3.6 |
| 1888 | 252 | 3.2 |
| 1889 | 243 | 2.9 |
| 1890 | 379 | 4.3 |
| 1891 | 211 | 2.3 |
| 1892 | 448 | 4.6 |
| 1893 | 344 | 3.3 |
| 1894 | 426 | 4.0 |
| 1895 | 345 | 3.1 |
| 1896 | 422 | 3.6 |
The mean of the 10 years being 3.5.
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN
FULHAM, LONDON AND THE THREE ADJOINING DISTRICTS.
The following Table shows the mortality from Zymotic diseases in
Fulham as compared with London and the three adjacent parishes: —