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DEATHS OF FULHAM RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH
The deaths of Fulham residents outside the borough numbered 519, and occurred in the
following places:—
St. George's Hospital
21
West London Hospital
19
Princess Beatrice Hospital
20
Other General Hospitals
79
Children's Hospitals
18
Women's Hospitals
4
Other Special Hospitals
16
L.C.C. Infectious Disease Hospitals
14
L.C.C. Hospitals and Institutions
197
Mental Hospitals
68
Sanatoria
4
Nursing Homes and elsewhere
59
519
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 lower than in 1936. 47 deaths being due to them as
against 53. The death rate per 1.000 of the population was 0-34 compared with 0*38 for 1936.
SEASONAL MORTALITY
The number of deaths in each of the four quarters of the year was as follows :—
1937
1936
First quarter
658
560
Second quarter
373
414
Third quarter
339
328
Fourth quarter
447
484
1,817
1,786
CAUSES OF DEATH
These are classified in Table 6, pages 23 and 24. The following table shows the number of
deaths from the six commonest causes:—
Disease.
No. of
Persons.
Males.
Females.
Percentage
of total
deaths.
Death Rate
per 1,000
inhabitants.
Heart disease
509
235
274
28 .01
3.66
Cancer
241
122
119
13.27
1.74
Respiratory diseases
186
107
79
10.24
1.34
Tuberculosis (all forms)
118
67
51
6.49
0.85
Cerebral hæmorrhage
93
43
50
5.12
0.67
Influenza
69
21
48
3.79
0.49
Totals
1.218
595
621
66.92
8.75