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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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In the following table the crude and corrected death-rates
of Fulham may be compared with those of the adjoining
boroughs, the County of London, England and Wales, and the
large and small towns.

Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

Recorded Death-rate.Corrected Death-rate.
Fulham13.213.9
Kensington12.913.9
Chelsea14.515.0
Hammersmith14.014.6
County of London13.814.5
England and Wales14.714.7
76 Great Towns14.915.8
142 Smaller Towns14.014.7
England and Wales less the 218 towns14.713.8

Table: Seasonal MortalityThe mortality in the four quarters of the year was as under:—TABLE VII

Seasonal Mortality

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

TABLE VII

Deaths.Death-rate.
First quarter60115.0
Second quarter52813.2
Third quarter47111.8
Fourth quarter (14 weeks)55712.9
2,15713.2

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Mortality in Former Years.
In Table II. will be found the number of deaths and the
death-rate in each of the ten preceding years.
The difference between the rate for 1908 and the average
rate for the ten years 1898-1907 represents a saving of 400
lives.