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Fulham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Infantile Mortality in Fulham since 1891 Average for live years:
| 1891-1895 | 168 | 1926 | 64 |
| 1896-1900 | 167 | 1927 | 66 |
| 1901-1905 | 144 | 1928 | 77 |
| 1906-1910 | 117 | ||
| 1911-1915 | 109 | ||
| 1916-1920 | 92 | ||
| 1921-1925 | 73 |
The following table shows the infantile mortality rates for the last two years (1927 and 1928) for the various wards in the Borough:
| Ward. | Births and Birth rates. | Infantile deaths. | Infantile mortality rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 1927 | 1928 | 1927 | 1928 | 1927 | |
| Baron's Court | 137 (10.5) | 130 ( 9.8) | 18 | 8 | 131 | 62 |
| Lillie | 234 ( 9.6) | 260 (10.2) | 36 | 35 | 153 | 134 |
| Walham | 182 (14.9) | 184 (14.1) | 21 | 15 | 114 | 128 |
| Margravine | 543 (29.5) | 522 (27.0) | 28 | 19 | 50 | 36 |
| Munster | 532 (14.3) | 522 (13.4) | 50 | 45 | 93 | 86 |
| Hurlingham | 66 ( 6.3) | 101 (10.3) | 4 | 4 | 60 | 40 |
| Sands End | 346 (13.1) | 388 (14.0) | 22 | 29 | 62 | 74 |
| Town | 348 (24.1) | 337 (22.9) | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 |
| 2388 (15.4) | 2444 (15.1) | 185 | 162 | 77 | 66 | |
It will be seen from Table 111., pages 23 and 24 that the principal causes of infantile mortality are as follows:—
| Premature birth 39 deaths in 1928 compared with 40 in 1927. | |||
| Pneumonia | 23 „ | 25 | „ |
| Atrophy; debility and marasmus | „ „ | 19 | „ |
| Diarrhoeal diseases (diarrhoea and | |||
| Enteritis | 50 „ „ | 16 | „ |
| Bronchitis | 8 „ „ | 15 | „ |
| Sixty-four deaths of infants under four weeks of age-occurred in 1928 as compared with 74 in both 1926 and 1927. | |||