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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 1925
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1925
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TABLE III.
| Infant Mortality during Year 1925. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett Deaths from slated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age. | Nett Deaths under One Year of Residents in the Wards of the Borough, whether occurring in or beyond the Wards. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-8 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under Smonths. | 8 months and under 6months. | 6 months and under 9months. | 9 months and under 12months. | Total Deathsijnl.n.One Yeab. | Baron's Court Wand. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | H\irlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | |
| All Causes | Certified | 44 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 35 | 39 | 31 | 32 | 210 | 13 | 39 | 29 | 30 | 41 | e | 28 | 22 |
| Uncertified | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| 1. Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2. Chicken-pox | – | _ | – | – | – | __ | – | _ | _ | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | |||
| 3. Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 4. Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6. Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | –- | – | |
| 7. Krysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | –* | ||
| 8. Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| 9. Abdominal Tuberculosis (a) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Disseminated Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | - | 1 | - | – | ||
| 11 Other 1 uberculous Diseases | –– | – | –- | – | – | –– | 1 | – | 1 | –– | 1 | – | - | ¡ö–* | – | ||||
| 12. Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – – | – | – – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 13. Convulsions | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | - | 2 | – | |
| 14. Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –¡ö* | |
| 15. Bronchitis | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | |
| 16. Pneumonia (all forms) | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 17. Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| 18. Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | |
| 19. Enteritis | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 20. Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21. Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| 22. Rickets | – | – | –– | –– | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 23. Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | |
| 24. Injury by Birth | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 25. Atelectasis | 5 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | |
| 26. Congenital Malformations | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | |
| 27. Premature Birth | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 46 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| 28. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 9 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 29. Other causes | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | c | 2 | a | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 35 | 39 | 31 | 32 | 211 | 13 | 39 | 29 | 30 | 41 | 9 | 28 | 22 | |
| Nett Births in the Year– Legitimate | 2,628 | (a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis and Enteritis, and from Tabes Mesenterica. Want of breast milk is included under Atrophy and Debility. | |||||||||||||||||
| Illegitimate | .. | .. | .. | 143 | |||||||||||||||
| .. | .. | .. | 203 | ||||||||||||||||
| Illegitimate infants | .. | 8 | |||||||||||||||||