Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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1904 1914 1924 1934 1944 1954 1964
Population 152,482 153,284 163,100 145,400 95,090 120,700 110,000
Birth Rate 32.2 26.4 18.2 13.7 18.5 14.06 16.83
Still-Birth Rate 0.38 0.31 - 0.28 0.44 0.27 0.30
Death Rate 15.4 13.6 11.10 12.7 16.6 10.2 11.32
Infant Mortality Rate 113 72 59 43 19.4 18.85
Causes of Death
Smallpox nil nil nil - nil nil nil
Measles 64 31 29 31 nil nil nil
Scarlet Fever 4 21 5 1 nil nil nil
Whooping Cough 58 43 14 7 5 nil nil
Diphtheria 24 23 11 30 nil nil nil
Typhoid 6 9 1 1 nil nil nil
Tuberculosis 295 252 162 132 79 29 6
Cancer 128 167 221 270 210 250 306
Bronchitis 188 153 156 69 86 69 82
Pneumonia 189 219 189 139 79 85 78
Heart Disease 134 1 85 221 498 381 451 349
Premature Births 110 1 47 80 19 36 5 11
Notifications of I.D.
Diphtheria 299 272 259 473 19 nil nil
Scarlet Fever 294 1,042 360 691 253 47 17
Typhoid 39 40 7 4 1 10 0
Whooping Cough 209 116 40
Puerperal Fever 8 33 26 41 7 41 0
Polio nil 7 2 1 1
Measles 1,692 2,967 213 63 1 94
Tuberculosis, Respiratory 270 258 182 126
Tuberculosis, other 165 715 126 33 32 13 51
Dysentery nil 37 531 25