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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 1898

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898

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Table: TABLE I. Comparative analysis of the mortality in Fulham, the adjoining parishes and London during the year 1898,. per 1,000 persons living.

TABLE I. Comparative analysis of the mortality in Fulham, the adjoining parishes and London during the year 1898,. per 1,000 persons living.

Deaths from
All CasesPrincipal Zymotic DiseasesSmall-poxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughEnteric FeverDiarrhœaPhthisisDeaths under 1 year to 1,000 births registered
Fulham17.13.16...0.450.280.490.330.131.441.47168
Kensington16.42.02...0.700.140.150.300.080.641.26181
Hammersmith18.33.19...1.200.210.210.340.111.l21.48183
Chelsea18.22.73...0.950. 160.430 .270.150.771.74176
London18.32.77...0.680.130.390.480.120.971.72166