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Fulham 1925
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1925
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The infantile mortality rates for Fulham since 1886
are given in the subjoined table :—
Infant Mortality in Fulham.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000
births.
Average for five years—
| 1886-1890 | 170 |
| 1891-1895 | 168 |
| 1896-1900 | 167 |
| 1901-1905 | 144 |
| 1906-1910 | 117 |
| 1911-1915 | 109 |
| 1916-1920 | 92 |
| 1921 | 83 |
| 1922 | 69 |
| 1923 | 64 |
| 1924 | 72 |
| 1925 | 76 |
I give below a table showing the infantile mortality rates for the last two years (1924 and 1925) for the various wards in the Borough:—
| Ward. | Births and birth rates. | Infantile deaths. | Infantile mortality rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924. | 1925. | 1924. | 1925. | 1924. | 1925. | |
| Baron's Court | 151 (11.4) | 136 (10.1) | 17 | 13 | 112 | 95 |
| Lillie | 342 (13.3) | 309 (11.9) | 39 | 39 | 114 | 126 |
| Walham | 296 (23.1) | 262 (19.9) | 33 | 29 | 111 | 110 |
| Margravine | 504 (26.1) | 507 (25.9) | 25 | 30 | 50 | 59 |
| Munster | 643 (16.6) | 633 (16.1) | 34 | 41 | 53 | 64 |
| Hurlingham | 105 (10.8) | 86 ( 8.7) | 9 | 9 | 85 | 104 |
| Sands End | 528 (19.1) | 459 (16.4) | 41 | 28 | 77 | 61 |
| Town | 398 (27.2) | 379 (25.5) | 16 | 22 | 40 | 58 |
| The Borough | 2,967 (18.1) | 2,771 (16.9) | 214 | 211 | 72 | 76 |
The most notable change is that whereas in 1924
the highest infantile mortality rate was found in Baron's