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Fulham 1952

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

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Table: INFANT DEATHS:There were 44 deaths of infants under the age of one year. A large number of deaths in the first month being, as is usual, due to prematurity, immaturity and congenital malformation.

INFANT DEATHS:

There were 44 deaths of infants under the age of one year. A large number of deaths in the first month being, as is usual, due to prematurity, immaturity and congenital malformation.

Cause of Death.19511952.
Measles1-
Pneumonia84
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea12
Prematurity1618
Asphyxia21
Atelectasis21
Congenital Malformations46
All other causes1212

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The Infant Mortality rate was 25.6 per 1,000 live births (26.7 in
1951).
There was 1 maternal death giving a rate of .57 per 1,000 births
(live and still) (.53 in 1951).