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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Fulham 1897

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1897

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Table: TABLE I. Comparative analysis of the mortality in Fulham, the adjoining parishes and London during the year 1897 per 1,000 persons living.

TABLE I. Comparative analysis of the mortality in Fulham, the adjoining parishes and London during the year 1897 per 1,000 persons living.

Deaths from
All CasesPrincipal Zymotic DiseasesSmall-poxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughEnteric FeverDiarrhæaPhthisisDeaths under 1 year to 1,000 births registered
Fulham16.93.00...0.430.220.530.510.101.241.54161
Kensington15.71.78...0.190.180.470.110.130.701.44166
Hammersmith16.72.00...0.050.100.280.260.091.211.38171
Chelsea17.82.55...0.190.180.560.430.151.041.81161
London17.72.56...0.430.l70.500.410.130.921.71158