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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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DEATHS
(All Ages)
Total Males Females
1,375 721 654
Death Rate (crude) per 1,000 population 12.43
Death Rate (adjusted) per 1,000 population 11.93
INFANT DEATHS
(Under 1 year)
Total Males Females
50 33 17
Infant Mortality Rate:-
All Infants per 1,000 Live Births 26.12
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births 26.66
Illegitimate Wants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births 22.12
Neonatal (first 4 weeks) Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births 20.90
MATERNAL DEATHS
There were no maternal deaths during the year.
CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DEATH
1,375 Deaths as follows
| Under 1 | Ago Groups | Over 65 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-4 5 | 45-65 | ||||
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis, Other | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Syphilitic Disease | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Diphthieria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Cancer | - | 13 | 109 | 161 | 285 | ||
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | 4 | 27 | 135 | 166 |
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | 2 | 71 | 162 | 235 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | 4 | 17 | 124 | 145 |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | 13 | 69 | 83 | |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | - | 3 | 7 | 56 | 74 | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | 21 | 92 | 114 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 14 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Gastritis, enteritis, diarrhoea | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | ||
| Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 12 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 31 | 1 | - | 6 | 17 | 62 | 117 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| All other accidents | - | 1 | - | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | ||