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Fulham 1899
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 30th, 1899
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In Fulham, Diarrh œ a caused a mortality equal to a rate of 145
per 1,000, which was higher than that of any of the London Sanitary
Districts except Poplar 1.45, Shoreditch 1.64, and St. George, Southwark,
1.69.
In the 32 large towns the mortality was equal to a rate of 1.21 per
1,000. The rates ranging from 0.47 in Halifax, 0.71 in Swansea, and
0.74 in Birkenhead, to 1.83 in Manchester, 1.87 in Liverpool, 1.97 in
Salford, and 2.30 in Preston.
The following table gives the Diarrhœal death-rate of Fulham, London, and the adjoining Parishes during the last 14 years:—
| 1885-1891, | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | 1.05 | 0.94 | 1.30 | 0.53 | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.21 | 1.45 | 1.40 |
| Kensington | 0.51 | 0.41 | 0.60 | 0.33 | 0.68 | 0.35 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.59 |
| Hammersmith | 1.05 | 0.70 | 0.79 | 0.46 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 0.93 |
| Chelsea | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.34 | 0.82 | 0.67 | 1.03 | 0.77 | 0.66 |
| London | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.92 |
INFLUENZA,
49 deaths were directly attributed to Influenza, as compared with
66, 13, 19 and 24 in the four preceding years.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
These were the assigned cause of 17 deaths, 12 being due to Congenital
Syphilis, but many of the deaths ascribed to nervous diseases
are syphilitic in origin.
CLASS III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.
Six deaths were certified to be directly due to alcoholic excess,
and in 12 cases the disease to which death was attributed was stated
to have been accelerated by alcohol, though these represent but a
small proportion of the actual number.
CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES
The deaths from in this group numbered 431, being
17.3 per cent, of the deaths from all causes.