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Fulham 1924

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1924

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centres committee to provide an additional ante-natal
session at the Wandsworth Bridge Road Centre.
The other principal causes of infant mortality
duirng the year were pneumonia 43 deaths as compared
with 31 during 1923; atrophy and debility 12 deaths,
bronchitis 11 deaths; diarrhœa and enteritis 18 deaths.
The infantile mortality rates for Fulham since 1886
are given in the subjoined table :—

Table: Infant Mortality in Fulham. Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births.

Infant Mortality in Fulham. Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births.

Average for five years—
1886-1890170
1891-1895168
1896-1900167
1901-1905144
1906-1910117
1911-1915109
1916-192092
192183
192269
192364
192472

Table: I give below a table showing the infantile mortality rates for the last two years (1923 and 1924) for the various wards in the Borough:—

I give below a table showing the infantile mortality rates for the last two years (1923 and 1924) for the various wards in the Borough:—

-Births and birth rates.Infantile deaths.Infantile mortality rate.
1923.1924.1923.1924.1923.1924.
Barons Court148 (11.2)151 (11.4)1917128112
Lillie404 (15.8)342 (13.3)323979114
Walham259 (20.6)296 (23.1)243392111
Margravine502 (26.0)504 (26.1)26255250
Munster755 (19.4)643 (16.6)39345153
Hurlingham112 (11.5)105 (10.8)695385
Sands End537 (19.5)528 (19.1)43418077
Town406 (27.7)398 (27.2)10162440
The Borough3,123 (19.3)2,967 (18.1)1992146472