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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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Of the 147 deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis, 130
were of infants under one year of age, the great majority of
whom were hand-fed. The Public Health Committee recommended
the Council to provide a depot for the sale of
Pasteurized milk on similar lines to those that have been
opened in St. Helens, Battersea, and other towns, but the
Local Government Board informed the Council that they had
no power to sanction the expenditure.
The following table gives the Diarrhœal death-rate of
Fulham, London, and the adjoining boroughs, during the last
10 years.
TABLE XXVIII. Deaths from Diarrhœa per 1000 living.
| 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | Average of 10 yr. 1892-3. | 1902 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | 0.94 | 1.30 | 0.53 | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.21 | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.17 | 1.31 | 1.16 | 0.59 |
| Kensington | 0.41 | 0.60 | 0.33 | 0.68 | 0.35 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| Hammersmith | 0.70 | 0.79 | 0.46 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 1.02 | 0.87 | 0.55 |
| Chelsea | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.34 | 0.82 | 0.67 | 1.03 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.85 | 0.51 | 0.72 | 0.53 |
| London | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.53 |
DEATHS FROM OTHER DISEASES.
Tubercular Diseases.
From tubercular diseases there were 289 deaths, 201 being
due to Phthisis and 88 to other tubercular diseases such as
Tubercular Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica, and General
Tuberculosis, and it is probable that many of the deaths
ascribed to Marasmus, Debility, Convulsions, etc., were
tubercular in nature.