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Fulham 1914
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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Mortality from Tuberculosis.
207 deaths (116 of males and 91 of females) were
registered from pulmonary tuberculosis, representing a
death-rate of 1.32 per 1,000, the average of the preceding
ten years being 1.33.
The distribution of the deaths was as under:—
Males. Females.
Deaths in Poor Law Institutions 43 26
Deaths in Hospitals and Sanatoria 14 9
Deaths in Asylums 3 3
Deaths at Home 56 53
To other tuberculous diseases 45 deaths were ascribed,
the death-rate being 0.29 per 1,000 against a decennial
average of 0.42.
In the several wards of the borough the death-rates
from phthisis and other tuberculous diseases were as
under:—
TABLE XIX.
| Death-rate from Phthisis. | Death-rate from other Tuberculous Diseases. | Death-rate from all Tuberculous Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baron's Court Ward | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| Lillie Ward | 1.33 | 0.40 | 1.73 |
| Walham Ward | 2.14 | 0.56 | 2.70 |
| Margravine Ward | 1.55 | 0.32 | 1.87 |
| Munster Ward | 1.26 | 0.18 | 1.44 |
| Hurlingham Ward | 1.46 | 0.21 | 1.67 |
| Sands End Ward | 1.28 | 0.45 | 1.73 |
| Town Ward | 1.35 | 0.08 | 1.43 |
| The Borough | 1.32 | 0.29 | 1.61 |