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Fulham 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Among the 33 large towns the lowest rates were those
of Huddersfield 1.2, Bristol 1.3, Croydon 1.3 Halifax 1.3,
Brighton 17, and the highest those of Liverpool 4.0
Wolverhampton 4 a, Bolton 4.4, Salford 4.0, and Black.
burn 5.6
Excess of Zymotic Diseases in Fulham.

Table: The following Table gives the death-rates of Fulhan and of London during the past 10 years:—

The following Table gives the death-rates of Fulhan and of London during the past 10 years:—

Fulham Death-rate per 1.000.London Death-rat per 1,000.
1886......19.020.5
1887......19.520.3
1888......19.119.3
1889......18.818.3
1890......21.721.5
1891......19.721.0
1892......20.020.3
1893......19.320.9
1894......17.617.4
1895......19.719.4

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But in considering these figures the relative proportion
of children under 15 in the respective population must be
taken into consideration, as all these diseases, with the
exception of Enteric Fever and Smallpox, are mainly fatal
to young children. In Fulham 26.6 per cent. of the
population are under the age of 15 years, whereas in
London and the other western districts under consideration,
the respective proportions are: 22.4 and 20.1 per cent.