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Fulham 1905
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905
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TABLE V. Death-rate per 1,000 Population in each Ward.
| Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 13.9 | 19.4 | 16.4 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 13.3 | 17.7 | 14.2 |
| 1897 | 13.6 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 12.9 |
| 1898 | 12.7 | 16.2 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 16.6 |
| 1899 | 14.2 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 15.4 |
| 1900 | 12.9 | 18.3 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 15.9 |
| 1901 | 10.9 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 18.2 | 12.9 |
| 1902 | 13.5 | 16.8 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 18.5 | 14.3 |
| 1903 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 18.4 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 14.1 |
| 1904 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| Average of 9 years-1896—1904 | 12.9 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 17.1 | 14.8 | 17.0 | 14.5 |
| 1905 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
Corrected Death-rate.
The Medical Officer of Health of the County of London,
Sir Shirley Murphy, has published a factor for the correction
of differences in the age and sex constitution of each metropolitan
borough. This is arrived at by obtaining the age and
sex distribution of the population of a borough at the last
census, and after ascertaining the death-rate for each sex, at
each age period, in England and Wales during the last ten
years, a calculation is made of the number of deaths which
would have occurred in the district had similar rates prevailed,
and a "standard" death-rate is obtained. The difference
between this rate and that of England and Wales is assumed
to be due to differences in the age and sex constitution of the
population of the district, and by dividing the latter by the
former a Factor is obtained for correcting the crude death-rate
of the district.