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Fulham 1908
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOUS DISEASES.
Phthisis accounted for 199 deaths, the decennial average
corrected for the increase of population being 230; and 87
deaths were ascribed to other tuberculous diseases, such as
Tuberculous Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica and General
Tuberculosis.
In the several wards of the borough the death-rates from
Phthisis and other tuberculous diseases were as under:-—
TABLE XXVIII.
| Death-rate from Phthisis. | Death-rate from other Tuberculous Diseases. | Death-rate from all Tuberculous Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron's Court Ward | 0.45 | 0.22 | 0.67 | |
| Lillie Ward | 1.65 | 0.58 | 2.23 | |
| Walham Ward | 2.03 | 0.73 | 2.76 | |
| Margravine Ward | 1.06 | 0.31 | 1.37 | |
| Munster Ward | 1.15 | 0.54 | 1.69 | |
| Hurlingham Ward | 1.08 | 0.54 | 1.62 | |
| Sands End Ward | 1.05 | 0.73 | 1.78 | |
| Town Ward | 1.31 | 0.68 | 1.99 | |
| The Borough | 1.22 | 0.53 | 1.78 | |
The Phthisis death-rate of the County of London was 1.32
per 1,000, the rates of the several Metropolitan Boroughs
ranging from 0.78 in Hampstead, 0.85 in Lewisham and 0.96
in Wandsworth to 2.00 in Shoreditch, 2.11 in Holborn and 2.15
in Finsbury.