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Diseases of the organs of circulation caused 383
deaths in 1929, including 291 from heart diseases and
92 from Arterio Sclerosis, but including haemorrhage
into the brain, the deaths from circulatory diseases
were 436.
Seventy-eight persons died of inflammation of the
kidneys (nephritis and Bright's disease).
Thirty-seven deaths were caused by influenza during
1929 whereas 17 were due to this cause in 1928. Twentyone
of the deaths from influenza in 1929 were of persons
over 65 and 11 occurred in persons between 45 and 65
years of age.
Infantile Mortality.
Of 2,119 deaths of persons of all ages in Fulham
during 1929, 173 or 8.08 per cent. occurred in infants
under One Year of age.
The infantile mortality rate (the number of deaths
of infants under one year per 1,000 births) was 69 per
1,000 in 1929 compared with 77 per 1,000 in 1928.
The actual number of infant deaths was 173 in 1929
compared with 185 in 1928.
The infantile mortality rate for England and Wales
was 74 and for London 70.
Infantile Mortality in Fulham since 1891.