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Fulham 1914

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914

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Table: TABLE VI. Causes of and Ages at Death during the Year 1914.

TABLE VI. Causes of and Ages at Death during the Year 1914.

Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a).Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District (b)Nett Deaths at all ages of " Residents " in the Wards oj the Borough whether occurring in or beyond the Wards.
Causes of DeathAll AgesUnder 1 Year1 and under 2 years2 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years65 and upwardsBarons Court WardLillie WardWalham WardMargravine WardMunster WardHurlingham WardSands End WardTown Ward
12345678910111213141516171819
All CausesCertified (c)213246995798177277516538677151341244283480113338182
Uncertified......................................................
1–Enteric Fever9............342...131...13...13
2–Small Pox......................................................
3–Measles3191192............9...58105...3...
4–Scarlet Fever21...17831...149...3...45...72
5–Whooping Cough4328762............13264810571
6–Diptheria and croup23345101.........65...7...291...2
7–Influenza286......11389...36427...42
8–Erysipelas81............1157......123......1
9–Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)20741293587571268333272949143418
10–Tuberculous Meningitis245177121...9...1537...71
11–Other Tuberculous Diseases21...22623517...922125...
12–Cancer, malignant disease167......111178562301725211433162318
13–Rheumatic Fever3.........1...1...11............1......2
14–Meningitis. See note (d)1011132...2...3...1...14...31
15–Organic Heart Disease185.........7421688548182224223992625
16–Bronchitis1532293......935753682917203682411
17–Pneumonia (all forms)2196434154324472860932293846103817
18–Other diseases of Respiratory organs172141...4324153...5111
19–Diarrhœa and Enteritis13611413.........225494171825482193
20–Appendicitis and Typhlitis11...1...1432...32...132...12
21–Cirrhosis of Liver24...............5145736127...23
2lA-Alcoholism3..................3...3............3.........
22–Nephritis and Bright's Disease82.........21838334281879204106
23–Puerperal Fever8...............8......9...2......41...1
24–Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition .12............111......3132...2211
25–Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth147147.....................1183015133852810
26–Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide6213157491112135751094166
27–Suicides18............15102133222132
28–Other Defined Diseases45250812910491171971145470466180277143
29–Diseases ill-defined or unknown8..................53...1111211...
213246995798177277516538677151341244283480113338182
Sub-Entries included in above figures.14 (a) Posterior Basic Meningitis21...............1...2............1...1...
28 (a) Pneumonia other than Broncho-pneumonia119177633224021367221317227229

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(a) All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the District who have died outside
it, are included with the other deaths in columns 2—10. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e.,
of persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales who have died in the District, are in like
manner excluded from these columns. For the precise meaning of the term "transferable deaths"
see footnote to Table III.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated within the district, whether of
residents or of non-residents, are entered in column 11 of Table VI.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest cases are classed as
fied all other deaths are to be regarded as "Uncertified."
(d) Exclusive of "Tuberculous Meningitis" (10). but inclusive of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.