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Fulham 1914
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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Causes of Infantile Mortality.
Table VIII. gives the causes of the deaths at various
periods under one year of age, and in the following
table the mortality from certain groups of diseases will
be found.
TABLE IX.
| Diseases. | Deaths per 1,000 births. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1914. | Average of 5 years 1909-13. | |
| Infectious Diseases | 9.7 | 8.2 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 2.2 | 8.5 |
| Diarrhœl Diseases | 29.1 | 22.5 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 20.9 | 18.9 |
| Premature Birth, Congenital Defects and Debility | 35.4 | 34.7 |
| Other Causes | 15.7 | 18.2 |
| 113. | 106. | |
Notification of Births. Prevention of Infant Mortality.
3,401 notifications of living and 104 of stillborn
children were received under the Notification of Births
Act, 84 per cent. of the births registered in Fulham
being notified.
Of these 2,469 or 70.5 per cent. were notified by
midwives, 859 or 24.5 per cent. by medical practitioners
and 177 or 5 per cent. by relatives.
Visits were paid to 1,450 of the babies born in the
borough, either by your Sanitary Inspector or by the
Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of the
Fulham School for Mothers, and about one half of these
were visited again on one or more occasions according to
their needs, 4,320 visits being made in all. 621 babies
were brought to the consultations held by the three
medical officers of the Fulham School for Mothers,
and their attendances totalled 7,631 or 1,280 above those
in 1913.