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Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
Between the ages of one and five years 260 deaths were
recorded, so that the deaths of children under the age of five
years numbered 726, or 34.3 per cent. of the deaths at all ages.
The number corresponds to a death-rate of 35.4 per 1,000 of
the children estimated to be living at that age, which is the
lowest yet recorded in Fulham.
Insurance of Infants.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, were
issued in respect of 372 children under five, 51 per cent. of the
children dying at that age period being insured.
Mortality at School Age.
At the ages of five to fifteen years, which is approximately
the school period of life, there were sixty-seven deaths, or
3.2 per cent. of the total number, representing a mortality of
2.1 per 1,000 of those living at that age.
Mortality at Adolescence.
Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five years, seventynine,
or 3.7 per cent. of the total deaths, were recorded, the
rate at this age period being 2.8 per 1,000.
Mortality at Maturity.
Seven hundred and sixty-six, or 36.3 per cent. of all the
deaths, occurred between the ages of twenty-five and sixtyfive
years, the mortality being at the rate of 10.7 per 1,000.
Mortality at Decline.
At the age of sixty-five and upwards there were 477 deaths,
or 22.6 per cent. of those at all ages, corresponding to a deathrate
of 92.4 per 1,000.
DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
To the seven principal epidemic diseases 272 deaths were ascribed,
representing a death-rate of 1.71 per 1,000 inhabitants,
which is 0.87 per 1,000 below the mean rate of the decennium
1899-1908, each of the seven diseases showing a lower mortality.