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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 1912
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1912
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Distribution of Deaths.
Table V. gives the number and causes of deaths in
the several wards of the borough and in the following
will be found the death-rates of each ward for 1912 and
the ten preceding years:—
TABLE VI.
| Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Minister Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 19.9 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.2 |
| 1905 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 18.0 | 16.8 | 14.1 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 13.9 |
| 1906 | 11.6 | 14.3 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 11.8 |
| 1907 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 16.9 | 19.5 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
| 1908 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 17.2 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 10.4 |
| 1909 | 12.7 | 14.6 | 18.2 | 16.2 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.2 |
| 1910 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 16.5 | 15.8 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 12.5 |
| 1911 | 11.8 | 15.1 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 14.3 | 12.2 |
| Average of 10 years, 1902-11. | 12.4 | 14.8 | 17.9 | 17.4 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 12.7 |
| 1912 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
It is satisfactory to note the uniformity of the rates
in 1912, no ward being conspicuous by a heavy
mortality.
MORTALITY AT DIFFERENT AGES.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 2023 deaths registered, 395 or 19.5 per cent.
were of infants under one year of age and the rate of