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Fulham 1927

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1927

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Table: It will be seen from Table III., pages 19 and 20, that the principal causes of infantile mortality are as follows:-

It will be seen from Table III., pages 19 and 20, that the principal causes of infantile mortality are as follows:-

Premature40 deathsin 1927compared with 43in 1926
Pneumonia25,,,,21 ,,
Atrophy, debility and marasmus19,,,,15 ,,
Diarrhœal disease; (diarrhoea and enteritis)16,,,,28 „
Bronchitis15,,,,9 „

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Seventy-four deaths of infants under four weeks of
age occurred in 1927, which was the same number as
in both the years 1925 and 1926.

Table: Infantile Mortality in Fulham. Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births :—

Infantile Mortality in Fulham. Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births :—

Average for five years :—
1886-1890170192183
1891-1895168192269
1896-1900167192364
1901-1905144192472
1906-1910117192576
1911-1915109192664
1916-192092192766

Table: The following table shows the infantile mortality rates for the last two years (1926 and 1927) for the various wards in the Borough :—

The following table shows the infantile mortality rates for the last two years (1926 and 1927) for the various wards in the Borough :—

Ward.Births and Birth rates.Infantile deaths.Infantile mortality rates.
192619271926192719261927
Baron's Court133 ( 9.9)130 ( 9.8)1188262
Lillie296 (11.3)260 (10.2)193564134
Walham226 (17.1)184 (14.1)291581128
Margravine586 (29.9)522 (27.0)19193236
Munster556 (14.1)522 (13.4)38456886
Hurlingham90 ( 9.1)101 (10.3)747740
Sands End409 (14.6)388 (14.0)35298574
Town374 (25.1)337 (22.9)1574021
2670(16.2)2444(15.1)1731626466