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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1950.
POPULATION (estimated)
123,400
SEPARATE DWELLINGS (estimated)
31,909
LIVE BIRTHS:
Rate per 1,000 Population.
Legitimate
Total
Males
Females
1950
1949
1652
857
795
13.3
15.5
Illegitimate
130
64
66
1.05
0.98
1782
921
861
14.35
16.48
STILLBIRTHS:
Legitimate
28
19
9
0.23
0.34
Illegitimate
5
3
2
0.04
0.05
33
22
11
0.27
0.39
DEATHS:
1416
695
721
11.5
12.09
Death rate of Infants under one year of aees
1250
1949
All infants per 1,000 live births
25.0
26.4
Legitimate Infants per 1,000
legitimate births
23.8
25.0
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000
Illegitimate births
46.0
26.2
Deaths from:
1950
1242
Cancer (all ages)
280
260
Measles (all ages)
Nil
2
Whooping Cough (all ages)
1
2
Diarrhoea (under two years of age)
4
5