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Fulham 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Table: DEATHS OF FULHAM RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH-The deaths of Fulham residents outside the borough numbered 530 and occurred in the following places:—

DEATHS OF FULHAM RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH-

The deaths of Fulham residents outside the borough numbered 530 and occurred in the following places:—

St- George's Hospital41
West London Hospital24
Princess Beatrice Hospital26
Other General Hospitals63
Children's Hospitals15
Women's Hospitals7
Other Special Hospitals31
L-C-C- Infectious Disease Hospitals8
L-C-C- Hospitals and Institutions187
Mental Hospitals55
Sanatoria15
Nursing Homes and elsewhere58
530

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ZYMOTIC DEATHS-
The Zymotic death rate is that from the principal zymotic or infectious diseases, viz:—
smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, epidemic diarrhoea and fevers
(typhus, enteric, other or doubtful fevers)-
The mortality from these diseases was higher than in 1935, 53 deaths being due to them
as against 36- The death rate per 1,000 of the population was 0-38 compared with 0-25 for
1935- The increase was due to the number of deaths from measles (14 against nil)-

Table: SEASONAL MORTALITY-The number of deaths in each of the four quarters of the year was as follows:

SEASONAL MORTALITY-

The number of deaths in each of the four quarters of the year was as follows:

19361935
First quarter560462
Second quarter414413
Third quarter328384
Fourth quarter484403
1,7861,662