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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STAFISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
| POPULATION, estimated, 1944. | 95,090 | |||
| LIVE BIRTHS: | Total | Males | Females | Rate per 1,000 of Population. |
| Legitimate. | 1587 | 758 | 829 | 16.7 |
| Illegitimate. | 175 | 95 | 80 | 1.8 |
| 1762 | 853 | 909 | 18.5 | |
| STILLBIRTHS: | ||||
| Legitimate. | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0.36 |
| Illegitimate. | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.08 |
| 42 | 23 | 19 | 0.44 | |
| DEATHS: | 1578 | 778 | 800 | 16.6 |
| Percentage of deaths in public institutions. | 52 | |||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: | From sepsis. | From other causes. | ||
| Number of deaths. | – | 2 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) births. | – | 1.11 | ||
| Death Rate of Infants Under One Year of Age: | ||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births. | 43 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births. | 40 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births. | 63 | |||
| Deaths from: | ||||
| Cancer (all ages). | 210 | |||
| Measles (all ages). | – | |||
| Whooping Cough (all ages). | 5 | |||
| Diarrhoea (under two years of age). | 14 | |||
CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DEATH:
The Registrar-General classifies the 1,578 deaths as follows:
Cerebro-spinal fever 2; Whopping Cough 5; Tuberculosis of
respiratory system 75; Other forms of tuberculosis 4; Syphilitic
disease 15; Influenza 9; Poliomyelitis 1; Acute encephalitis
lethargica 2; Cancer of (a) buccal cavity 11; (b) uterus 13; (c)
stomach and duodenum 35; (d) breast 24; other sites 127; Diabetes
7; Intracranial lesions 112; Heart Diseases 381; Other diseases of
circulatory system 45; Bronchitis 86; Pneumonia 79; Other
respiratory diseases 13; Ulcer of stomach or duodenum2l; Diarrhoe
(under 2 yrs.) 14; Appendicitis 4; Other digestive diseases 29;
Nephritis 43; Other Maternal causes2; Premature birth 15;
Congenital malformations etc. 21; Suicide 10; Road traffic
accidents 10; Other violent causes 269; All other causes 94.
It will be seen that five causes accounted for 60 per cent of
the total deaths, namely Heart diseases, Cancer, Respiratory
diseases, intra-cranial lesions and Tuberculosis (all forms)