Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 30th, 1899
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TABLE I. Comparative analysis of the mortality in Fulham, the adjoining parishes and London during the year 1899, per 1,000 persons living. Deaths from
All cases | Principal Zymotic | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Enteric Fever | Diarrhœa | Phthisis | Dcaths under 1 year to 1000 births registered | |
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Fulham | 19.1 | 3.2 | .. | 0.52 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 1.l9 | 1.40 | 1.83 | 189 |
Kensington | 17.7 | 1.5 | .. | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.59 | 1.34 | 180 |
Hammersmith | 19.0 | 2.1 | .. | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.21 | 0.93 | 1.72 | 183 |
Chelsea | 19.6 | 2.1 | .. | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.74 | 0.19 | 0.66 | 1.79 | 164 |
London | 19.3 | 2.5 | .. | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.82 | 1.82 | 166 |