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Fulham 1913
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913
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Mortality from Tuberculosis.
215 deaths (126 of males and 89 of females) were
registered from phthisis (tuberculosis of the lungs),
representing a death-rate of 1.34 per 1,000 ; the average
for the ten preceding years being 1.33.
The distribution of the deaths was as under:—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
To other tuberculous diseases 49 deaths were
ascribed, and the death-rate was 0.31 per 1,000 against
an average of 0.46 during the ten years 1903-12.
In the several wards of the borough the death-rates
from phthisis and other tuberculous diseases were as
under :—
TABLE XXVII.
| Death-rate from Phthisis. | Death-rate from other Tuberculous Diseases. | Death-rate from all Tuberculous Diseases. | |
| Baron's Court Ward | 1.57 | 0.16 | 1.73 |
| Lillie Ward | 1.49 | 0.24 | 1.73 |
| Walham Ward | 1.78 | 0.63 | 2.36 |
| Margravine Ward | 1.44 | 0.16 | 1.60 |
| Munster Ward | 1.19 | 0.28 | 1.47 |
| Hurlingham Ward | 1.52 | 0.30 | 1.82 |
| Sands End Ward | 1.06 | 0.40 | 1.46 |
| Town Ward | 1.27 | 0.37 | 1.64 |
| The Borough | 1.34 | 0.31 | 1.65 |