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Fulham 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Distribution of Deaths.
Table IV., which is prepared in accordance with the
instructions of the Local Government Board, gives the causes
of, and at the ages at, death.
In Table IV. will also be found the numbers and the
causes of the deaths in the several wards of the Borough, and
Table V. gives the annual death-rates of each ward since
1890, when the existing division of the Borough was made.

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Bronchitis155193....409382427142811261751
Pneumonia18952506753211038252544931752
Pleurisy6......13....1..113......
Other diseases of Respiratory organs10..11..6222..21111..
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver20........18235..124238
Venereal diseases119......2....126....112
Premature birth9494..........2166132742337
Diseases and accidents of parturition6......15..11..3..1....2
Heart diseases12622612624217141513285221215
Accidents923410552711415111029414518
Suicides9......1712111..13..
All other causes610156482116189180468966881343710149168
All causes22176492807794687430146333236329519123371160723

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Corrected Death-rate.
Death-rates, of course, vary considerably in different districts
according to the characters of the population of these
districts; as in a district with a population comprising a large
number of infants or very old people the death-rate would of
necessity be higher than that of a district containing a large
proportion of people of middle age. The Medical Officer of