Fulham Borough.

  • Fulham (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1918]
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Credit: Fulham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 INFANTILE MORTALITY. —Of the 1,994 deaths, 323 or 16˙2 percent, were of children under one year of age, and the rate of infant mortality measured by the pro-portion of deaths under one year to births registered was 109 per 1,000. This is 21 per 1,000 above that of 1916, which was the lowest recorded in Fulham. The infantile death-rate of the County of London in 1917 was 103 per 1,000, and in the metropolitan boroughs the rates ranged from 75 in Lambeth to 158 in Shoreditch. TABLE IV. The infantile death-rates of the several wards were as under:— Ward. Deaths under one year per 1,000 births. Average of 5 1917. years 1912 - 16. Ward. Deaths under one year per 1,000 births. Average of 5 1917. years 1912 - 16. Barons Court 95 105 Munster 98 101 Lillie 148 106 Hurlingham 54 75 Sands End Walham 100 123 113 112 Town Margravine 123 115 85 68 CAUSES OF INFANTILE MORTALITY.— Table V gives the causes of the deaths at various periods under one year of age, and in the following table the mortality from certain groups of diseases will be found: — TABLE VI. Death-rates of InfantS under one year of age from certain groups of diseases. Diseases. Deaths per 1,000 births. 1917. Average of 5 years 1912 - 16. Infectious Diseases 11.5 8.7 Tuberculous Diseases 2.7 5.5 Diarrhœal Diseases 20.9 19.5 Respiratory Diseases 22.9 20.1 Premature Birth, Congenital Defects and Debility 31.0 34.6 Other Causes 17.2 15.4 109.0 101.0