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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 1908
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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TABLE V. Death-rate per 1,000 persons in each Ward.
| Baron's Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1905 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
| 1906 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 |
| 1907 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 16.6 | 19.1 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.5 |
| Average 10 yrs. 1898-1907 | 12.6 | 16.1 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 15.5 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 14.1 |
| 1908 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 10.6 |
Corrected Death-rate.
Death-rates vary considerably in different localities
according to the age constitution of the populations, and in a
district with a population comprising a large number of infants
or very old people the death-rate, other conditions being similar,
would of necessity be higher than that of one containing a
large proportion of people of middle age. For the correction
of the differences due to age and sex constitution factors of
correction have been published by the Registrar General for
the provincial towns, and by the Medical Officer of Health of
the London County Council for the metropolitan boroughs, and
the multiplication of the recorded death-rate of a district by its
factor of correction gives the death-rate which would obtain
if the age and sex constitution of the population were in the
same proportion as it ts in the whole of England and Wales,
thus eliminating the differences due to age and sex.