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Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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DEATHS FROM OTHER DISEASES.
Tubercular Diseases.
Phthisis was the assigned cause of 217 deaths, the decennial
average corrected for the increase of population being 221,
while 78 deaths were ascribed to other tubercular diseases, such
as Tubercular Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica, and General
Tuberculosis.
In the several Wards of the Borough the death-rates from
Phthisis and other tubercular diseases were as under:—
TABLE XXII.
| 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | Mean of 10 years, 1894-1903. | 1904 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | 0.54 | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.23 | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.17 | 1.31 | 0.89 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.47 |
| Kensington | 0.33 | 0.68 | 0.35 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.45 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.78 |
| Hammersmith | 0.46 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 1.02 | 0.55 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 1.03 |
| Chelsea | 0.34 | 0.82 | 0.67 | 1.03 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.85 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.66 | 0.62 |
| London | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.53 | 0 .64 | 0.76 | 1.02 |
Notification of Phthisis.
The voluntary notification of cases of Tubercular Phthisis,
which was begun in 1902, has been continued, and 165 notifications
were received—45 occurring in private and 120 in public practice.