London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
EXTRACT FROM STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
| LIVE BIRTHS:- | Total. | Males. | Females. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,659 | 842 | 817 |
| Illegitimate | 159 | 73 | 86 |
| TOTALS | 1,818 | 915 | 903 |
| STILLBIRTHS:- | |||
| Legitimate | 33 | 18 | 15 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | 34 | 18 | 16 |
| DEATHS | 1,510 | 713 | 797 |
| Percentage of deaths occurring in public institutions. | 62.05 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: | Deaths | Rate per 1,000 (Live and still) births. | |
| From sepsis | 3 | 1.62 | |
| From ether causes | 2 | 1.08 | |
| Death rate of Infants under One year of Ages:- | |||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 63 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate birth | 60 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births | 88 | ||
| Deaths from:- | |||
| Cancer (all ages) | 207 | ||
| Measles (all ages) | 2 | ||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | 3 | ||
| Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 26 | ||
CAUSES OF DEATH.
These are classified in Table 1 at the end of this Report,
which shows that the five commonest causes were: Heart Disease
582 (25.29% of the total Respiratory Diseases 226(14.97%)
Cancer 207 (13.71%) Intra cranial lesions 117 (7.75%) ;
Tuberculosis (all forms) 93 (6.16%)
Maternal Mortality.
There were 5 deaths resulting from pregnancy and childbirth
giving a maternal mortality rate of 2.71 per 1,000 births.
Infant Mortality.
The causes of death of the 114 children who died before
attaining the age of one year were:-
Mecsles 2
Tuberculosis 1
Meningitis (not tuberculous) 2
Bronchitis & pneumonia 26
Influenza 1
Gastro-enteritis 25
Injury by birth 8
Congenital ma1formatins 24
Premature birth 22
Other causes 3 114
The Infant Mortality Rate was per 1,000 births.
3