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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Corrected in this way the death.rates of Fulhara, the County
of London and the adjoining boroughs were as under:—
| Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 13.9 | 19.4 | 16.4 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 13.3 | 17.7 | 14.2 |
| 1897 | 18.6 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 18.8 | 182 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 12.9 |
| 1898 | 12.7 | 16.2 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 17.7 | 171 | 15.7 | 16.6 |
| 1899 | 14.2 | 19 7 | 19.5 | 22 0 | 200 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 15.4 |
| 1900 | 12.9 | 18.3 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 15.9 |
| 1901 | 10.9 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 18.2 | 12.9 |
| 1902 | 13o | 16.8 | 20 2 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 18.5 | 14.3 |
| 1903 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 18.4 | 12.5 | 130 | 13.1 | 141 |
| Average of 8 years 1896.1903 | 12 8 | 17.2 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 14.7 | 17.3 | 14.6 |
| 1904 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 151 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
Seasonal Mortality.
The mortality in the four quarters of the year was as
under:—
Deaths.
Death-rate.
1 st Quarter
598
15.7
2nd „
522
13.7
3rd ,,
626
16.4
4th „
600
15.8
Mortality in former years.
In table II. will be found the number of deaths and the
death-rate for each of the ten preceding years. The difference
between the rate for 1904 and the average rate for the ten
preceding years, which was 17.3, represents a saving of 282 lives.
MORTALITY AT DIFFERENT AGES.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 2,346 deaths registered 752, or 33 per cent., were of
infants under one year of age, and the rate of infant mortality
measured by the proportion of deaths under one year to births
registered was 153 per 1,000, being 26 per 1,000 in excess of that
for 1903, but 7 per 1,000 below the decennial average.
The corresponding rate of the County of London was 144 per
1,000, the decennial average being 154 per 1,000. Among the metropolitan
boroughs the lowest rates were 94 in St. Marylebone, 104