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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Fulham 1905

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905

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Table: Corrected in this way the death-rates of Fulham, the County of London and the adjoining boroughs were as under:— TABLE VI.

Corrected in this way the death-rates of Fulham, the County of London and the adjoining boroughs were as under:— TABLE VI.

Crude Death-rate.Corrected Death-rate.
1905.1905.
Fulham15.115.8
Kensington14.015.1
Hammersmith13.914.5
Chelsea14.815.3
Country of London15.115.9

Table: Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year was as under:—

Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year was as under:—

Deaths.Death-rate.
First quarter60115.29
Second quarter57014.47
Third quarter60515.36
Fourth quarter58814.93

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Mortality in Former Years.
In Table 11. will be found the number of deaths and the
death-rate for each of the ten preceding years. The difference
between the rate for 1905 and the average rate for the ten
preceding years (1895-1904) represents a saving of 324 lives.
MORTALITY AT DIFFERENT AGES.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 2,364 deaths registered, 692, or 29.3 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 in births registered, was 145 per 1,000, being 15 per 1,000
below the decennial average. Although lower than in any
year excepting 1903, the infantile mortality was relatively very
unsatisfactory, as it was 16 per 1,000 above that of the County
of London, and was exceeded in six only of the 29 metropolitan
boroughs, the rates in which ranged from 88 in
Marylebone, 92 in Holborn and Lewisham, and 94 in Hanip-