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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 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1915
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Causes of Infantile Mortality.
Table V 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 VII.
| Diseases. | Heaths per 1,000 births. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1915. | Average of 10 years 1905-14. | |
| Infectious Diseases | 13.7 | 9.0 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 20.9 | 28.0 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 23.5 | 20.0 |
| Premature Birth, Congenital Defects and Debility | 38.0 | 34.3 |
| Other Causes | 15.5 | 21.4 |
| 115 | 117 | |
Prevention of Infant Mortality—Notification of
Births.
3,104 notifications of living and 73 of stillborn
children were received under the Notification of Births
Act, 84 per cent. of the births registered in Fulham
being notified. Of these 74.5 per cent. were notified
by midwives, 20.9 per cent. by medical practitioners, and
4.6 per cent. by relatives.
Visits were paid to 560 babies by your Sanitary
Inspector Mrs. Davies, and to 778 by the Superintendent
of the Fulham School for Mothers or her
assistant, and 4,100 re-visits were paid.
775 infants were brought to the consultations held
by the three doctors on the staff of the School for
Mothers, and their attendances totalled 8,074. The fact
that 20 per cent. of the children born in Fulham during