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Fulham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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FULHAM HOSPITAL.
In this institution belonging to the London County Council, there were 587 deaths of
which 533 were of Fulham residents and 54 of persons residing in other districts.
WESTERN HOSPITAL.
This hospital, the only London County Council Infectious Disease Hospital in the
borough, had 73 deaths during the year, and of this number 16 were Fulham residents, while
the remaining 57 were patients admitted from other districts.
DEATHS OF FULHAM RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH.
The deaths of Fulham residents outside the borough numbered 438 and occurred in the following places:—
| St. George's Hospital | 23 |
| West London Hospital | 23 |
| Princess Beatrice Hospital | 29 |
| Other General Hospitals | 53 |
| Children's Hospitals | 11 |
| Women's Hospitals | 5 |
| Other Special Hospitals | 34 |
| L.C.C. Infectious Disease Hospitals | 4 |
| L.C.C. Hospitals and Institutions | 146 |
| Mental Hospitals | 53 |
| Sanatoria | 11 |
| Nursing Homes and elsewhere | 46 |
| 438 |
ZYMOTIC DEATHS.
The Zymotic death rate is that from the principal zymotic or infectious diseases, viz.,
smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, epidemic diarrhœa and fevers
(typhus, enteric, other or doubtful fevers).
The mortality from these diseases was lower than in 1934, 36 deaths being due to
them as against 88. The death rate per 1,000 of the population was 0.25 compared with 0.6
for 1934. The decrease is due to the fall in the number of deaths from diphtheria and measles
(a decrease respectively of 18 and 31).
SEASONAL MORTALITY.
The number of deaths in each of the four quarters of the year was as follows:—
| 1935 | 1934 | |
|---|---|---|
| First quarter | 462 | 623 |
| Second quarter | 413 | 458 |
| Third quarter | 384 | 321 |
| Fourth quarter | 403 | 430 |
| 1,662 | 1,832 |