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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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Table: Deaths of Fulham residents outside the borough. The deaths of Fulham residents in institutions outside the borough numbered 477 and occurred in the following places:—

Deaths of Fulham residents outside the borough. The deaths of Fulham residents in institutions outside the borough numbered 477 and occurred in the following places:—

West London Hospital29
Other General Hospitals93
Children's Hospitals18
Women's Hospitals6
Other special Hospitals32
L.C.C. Infectious Disease Hospitals14
Public Assistance Hospitals179
Mental Hospitals71
Sanatoria12
477

Table: Of the deaths of Fulham persons 58.1 per cent, took place in public institutions as follows :

Of the deaths of Fulham persons 58.1 per cent, took place in public institutions as follows :

Per cent.
803 in Public Assistance Institutions or Hospitals40.15
32 in Infectious Disease Hospitals2.16
213 in other Hospitals11.20
71 in Mental Hospitals3.89

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Zymotic Deaths. The Zymotic Death Rate is
that from the principal zymotic or infectious
diseases, viz.—smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
measles, whooping-cough, diarrhoea and fevers
(typhus, enteric, other or doubtful fevers).
The mortality from these diseases was lower
than in 1932, 50 deaths being due to them as against
73. The death rate per 1,000 of the population
was 0.33 as compared with 0.49 for 1932.

Table: Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year under review was as follows :

Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year under review was as follows :

19331932
First Quarter704566
Second quarter407451
Third quarter337365
Fourth quarter478466
1,9261,848