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85 from arterio-sclerosis, but including haemorrhage into
the brain, the deaths from circulatory diseases were
368 in number.
The causes of heart diseases were described in last
year's Annual Report.
Sixty-six persons succumbed to inflammation of
the kidneys (nephritis and Bright's disease).
Forty-seven deaths were caused by influenza during
1927, whereas only fifteen were due to this cause in
1926. Nineteen of the deaths from influenza in 1927
were of persons over 65, and sixteen occurred in persons
between 45 and 65 years of age.
Infantile Mortality.
Of 1,833 deaths of persons of all ages in Fulham
during 1927, one hundred and sixty-two, or 8.8 per
cent., occurred in infants under one year of age.
The infantile mortality rate (the number of deaths
of infants under one year per 1,000 births) was 66
per 1,000 in 1927 compared with 64 per 1,000 in 1926,
but although the infantile mortality rate was higher
the actual number of infants' deaths was less than
during the previous year, being 162 in 1927 compared
with 173 in 1926. The reason for the apparent anomaly
was the fact that although the number of deaths was
fewer, the number of births on which the infantile
mortality is based declined still more.
The infantile mortality rate for England and Wales
was 69 and for London 59. The rate for Fulham compares
favourably with that of the other five Boroughs
in the West district of London. The rates for these
boroughs are as follows :—
Hammersmith 61
Kensington and Fulham 66
Westminster 68.6
Chelsea and Paddington 79
It will be seen from Table III., pages 19 and 20, that
the principal causes of infantile mortality are as follows :—