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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 1911
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1911
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Deaths at other Age Periods.
The proportion which the deaths at age periods over one year bears to the total number of deaths is as under:—
| Percentage of Total Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| 1 and under 2 years | 6.8 |
| 2 „ 5 „ | 3.8 |
| 5 „ 15 „ | 4.1 |
| 15 „ 25 „ | 3.9 |
| 25 „ 45 „ | 13.9 |
| 45 „ 65 „ | 22.3 |
| Over 65 years | 22.0 |
Insurance of Children.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies' Act were
issued in respect of 382 children under five, 50 per cent.
of the children dying at this age being insured.
DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
To the seven principal epidemic diseases 369 deaths
were ascribed, representing a death-rate of 2.41 per 1,000,
which is 0.13 per 1,000 below the mean rate of the
decennium 1901—1910. The corresponding rate of the
County of London was 2.29 and in the metropolitan
boroughs the rates ranged from 0.8 in Hampstead to 3.8
in Shoreditch.
The following tables give the number of deaths from
each of the principal epidemic diseases in 1911 and the
ten preceding years and the death-rates from them per
1,000 of the population of each ward in 1911 :—
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