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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 1917
Fulham Borough
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INFANTILE MORTALITY. —Of the 1,994 deaths, 323 or
16˙2 percent, were of children under one year of age,
and the rate of infant mortality measured by the pro-portion of deaths under one year to births registered
was 109 per 1,000. This is 21 per 1,000 above that of
1916, which was the lowest recorded in Fulham.
The infantile death-rate of the County of London in
1917 was 103 per 1,000, and in the metropolitan
boroughs the rates ranged from 75 in Lambeth to 158
in Shoreditch.
TABLE IV. The infantile death-rates of the several wards were as under:—
| Ward. | Deaths under one year per 1,000 births. Average of 5 1917. years 1912 – 16. | Ward. | Deaths under one year per 1,000 births. Average of 5 1917. years 1912 – 16. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barons Court | 95 | 105 | Munster | 98 | 101 |
| Lillie | 148 | 106 | Hurlingham | 54 | 75 |
| Walham | 100 | 123 | Sands End | 113 | 112 |
| Margravine | 123 | 115 | Town | 85 | 68 |
CAUSES OF INFANTILE MORTALITY.— Table V gives
the causes of the deaths at various periods under one
year of age, and in the following table the mortality
from certain groups of diseases will be found: —
TABLE VI. Death-rates of InfantS under one year of age from certain groups of diseases.
| Diseases. | Deaths per 1,000 births. | |
| 1917. | Average of 5 years 1912 – 16. | |
| Infectious Diseases | 11.5 | 8.7 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 5.5 | 2.7 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 20.9 | 19.5 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 22.9 | 20.1 |
| Premature Birth, Congenital Defects and Debility | 31.0 | 34.6 |
| Other Causes | 17.2 | 15.4 |
| 109.0 | 101.0 | |