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Fulham 1902

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1902

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Mortality at different Ages.
Infantile Mortality.—Of the 2,488 deaths registered, 708 or
28.3 per cent, were of infants under one year of age, and the
rate of infant mortality measured by the proportion of deaths
under one year to births registered was equal to 148 per 1,000.
The corresponding rate of the County of London was 139
per 1,000, the rates in the various boroughs ranging from 87 in
Hampstead, 107 in Marylebone and 115 in Stoke Newington to
155 in Bethnal Green and in Bermondsey, 166 in Southwark
and 174 in Shoreditch.

Table: TABLE VII. The rates in the several wards were:-

TABLE VII. The rates in the several wards were:-

Deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births.
Baron's Court Ward137
Lillie Ward165
Walham Ward170
Margravine Ward136
Munster Ward134
Hurlingham Ward100
Sands End Ward184
Town Ward107

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The following Table gives the infantile mortality in London,
Fulham and the adjoining boroughs for the preceding ten
years:—

Table: TABLE VIII. Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births.

TABLE VIII. Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births.

Mean of 10 years.
1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1892-1901.1902.
Fulham166177149187176161167189146152167148
Hammersmith167160147182179171183183162168170143
Kensington159169173175178166181180180163172149
Chelsea164158131155169161176164149138157145
London154164143165161159166166158148158139