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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 XXIII.
| Year. | No. of Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 50 | 0.46 |
| 1896 | 101 | 0.88 |
| 1897 | 50 | 0.42 |
| 1898 | 59 | 0.48 |
| 1899 | 68 | 0.53 |
| 1900 | 80 | 0.60 |
| 1901 | 38 | 0.28 |
| 1902 | 168 | 1.15 |
| 1903 | 62 | 0.42 |
| 1904 | 64 | 0.42 |
| Mean of 10 years— | rr er | |
| 1895-1904 | 75 | 0.56 |
| 1905 | 85 | 0.54 |
Whooping Cough.
Eighty-two deaths were ascribed to Whooping Cough, of
which 58 occurred in the first six months of the year. The
death-rate from the disease was 0.52 per 1,000, being 0.04 above
the mean rate for the preceding 10 years.
Diarrhæa.
Diarrhæa was the cause of 200 deaths, 165 of which, or
82.5 per cent., were of infants under one year of age. and 27
were of children aged between one and five years.
The deaths in each quarter of the year were as under:—
| Number of Deaths. | Death-rate. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 9 | 0.23 |
| 2nd | 18 | 0.46 |
| 3rd | 160 | 41.0 |
| 4th | 13 | 0.33 |
| 200 | 1.28 |