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Fulham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The Infantile Mortality Rate (the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per
1,000 live births) was 64 as compared with 51 during 1935. The actual number of deaths was
136 compared with 100.
The Infantile Mortality Rate for England and Wales was 59 and for London 66.
INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE IN FULHAM SINCE 1891.
| Average for 5 years. | Actual rate for the last 9 years. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-1895 | 168 | 1928 | 77 |
| 1896-1900 | 167 | 1929 | 69 |
| 1901-1905 | 144 | 1930 | 57 |
| 1906-1910 | 117 | 1931 | 67 |
| 1911-1915 | 109 | 1932 | 58 |
| 1916-1920 | 92 | 1933 | 65 |
| 1921-1925 | 73 | 1934 | 59 |
| 1926-1930 | 67 | 1935 | 51 |
| 1931-1935 | 60 | 1936 | 64 |
| The following table shows the births, infantile mortality, and death rates during the last two years for the various wards in the borough. | |||
TABLE 1.
| Wards | Birth | Birth Rates | Infantile deaths | Infantile Mortality Rates | General Death Rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 1935 | 1936 | 1935 | 1936 | 1935 | 1936 | 1935 | 1936 | 1935 | |
| Baron's Court | 198 | 185 | 13 1 | 12 .9 | 14 | 9 | 71 | 49 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Lillie | 323 | 308 | 15 .2 | 14 .1 | 24 | 21 | 74 | 68 | 11.8 | 9.9 |
| Walham | 281 | 269 | 20 .9 | 20 .2 | 19 | 16 | 67 | 59 | 12.7 | 13.7 |
| Margravine | 236 | 198 | 14.3 | 12 .2 | 24 | 11 | 102 | 56 | 15.3 | 11.5 |
| Munster | 478 | 431 | 15.1 | 12 .9 | 23 | 20 | 48 | 46 | 11.6 | 10.9 |
| Hurlingham | 91 | 105 | 10.8 | 12 .3 | 11 | 4 | 121 | 38 | 12.6 | 11.7 |
| Sands End | 319 | 314 | 14 .1 | 13 .8 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 29 | 11.7 | 10.2 |
| Town | 185 | 179 | 14.3 | 13 .4 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 56 | 14 .2 | 13.9 |
| BOROUGH | 2111 | 1989 | 14.9 | 13 .8 | 136 | 100 | 64 | 51 | 12.6 | 11.6 |
The principal causes of infantile mortality were as follows:—
Prematurity 28 deaths compared with 22 in 1935.
Pneumonia (all forms) 27 deaths compared with 13 in 1935.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis 19 deaths compared with 13 in 1935.
The increased pneumonia deaths are associated with the measles epidemic which occurred
in the spring.
55 deaths (40.4 per cent., of all deaths under one year of age) occurred in infants under
4 weeks of age as compared with 42 in 1935 and 46 in 1934.