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Fulham 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1923

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Table: TABLE II. Causes of and Ages at Death during the Year 1923.

TABLE II. Causes of and Ages at Death during the Year 1923.

Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Resident," whetter occurring within or without th District.(a)Totals Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District(b). Nett Deaths at the ages of " Residents" in the Wards of the Borough, whether occurring in or beyond the words.
Causes of Deaths 1.All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 3 years3 and under 4 years.4 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years10 and under 20 years.20 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.
All CausesCertified (c)1,708199571516132656113119467627770180295162180368106279138
Uncertified...............................................................
1. Enteric Fever....................................3........................
2. Small-pox...............................................................
3. Measles235113121...............221151429...
4. Scarlet Fever51...11...2...............12...1...12...1...
5. Whooping Cough1492...111...............6...2141...6...
6. Diphtheria20...331264......1...72...4215242
7. Influenza271............11...1914131153176
8. Encephalitis Lethargica...............................................................
9. Meningococcal Meningitis21............1.....................1.........1......
10. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System149...111......1643284910649331021338278
11. Disseminated Tuberculosis811...11...13.........6...1...1213...
12. Other Tuberculous Diseases2455...111511311213148142
13. Cancer, malignant disease212..................241510586752629202238184118
14. Rheumatic Fever1.....................1.................................1
15. Diabetes15.....................127591132422...
16. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.92.....................182261411312642351316
17. Heart Disease202...............371612679750204821943182419
18. Arterio-sclerosis51...........................44747394510398
19. Bronchitis11493...............1330683411321116195128
20. Pneumonia (all forms)174312022244111348378116292320419297
21. Other Respiratory Diseases212..................12313324123261
22. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum19..................22111312231...4135
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)25214...........................1943266121
24. Appendicitis and Typhlitis10.........1...113...2262...11411...
25. Cirrhosis of Liver8...........................17321111...2...
26. Nephritis and Bright's Disease45..................1261719164742102610
27. Puerperal Sepsis9.....................54......912114.........
28. Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition6.....................15......3.........2112...
29. Congenital Debility and malformation, premature birth8989..............................22915119162207
30. Suicide24.....................13146263136221
31. Other deaths from violence55424434322131427799612183
32. Other defined diseases264205121191413611371133741223165173615
33. Causes ill-defined or unknown...............................................................
Total1,708199571516132656113119467627770180295162180368106279138

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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 2.18 and columns 15-22. 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 1.
(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 14 of Table II.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest cases are classed as " Certified " ;
all other deaths are regarded as " Uncertified."