Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903.

  • Fulham (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
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[1904]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 Table IV., which is prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Local Government Board, gives the causes of, and the ages at, death. In Table IV. will also be found the numbers and the causes of deaths occurring in the several wards of the Borough, and the following table gives the death-rate of each ward.:— TABLE V. Ward. Death-rate. Baron's Court Ward 10.9 Lillie Ward 14.5 Walham Ward 15.5 Margravine Ward 18.4 Munster Ward 12.5 Hurlingham Ward 13.0 Sands End Ward 13.1 Town Ward 14.1 The Borough 13.9 The death-rate of the County of London was 15.2 per 1,000, and of the three adjoining boroughs that of Kensington was 13.9, of Hammersmith 14.1, and of Chelsea 15.3. The lowest rates in the 28 metropolitan boroughs were 10.0 in Hampstead, 11.1 in Lewisham, and 12.4 in Wandsworth, while the highest rates were 18.6 in Holborn, 19.4 in Shoreditch, and 20.3 in Finsbury. The death-rate of England and Wales was 15.4, and that of 76 of the great towns 16.3. Corrected Death-rate. The Medical Officer of Health of the County of London has published a factor for correction for differences in the age and sex constitution for each of the metropolitan boroughs, based upon the age and sex constitution of the respective populations as enumerated in the census of 1901. The following table gives the crude and the corrected death-rates per 1,000 persons living in Fulham, the adjoining boroughs, and the County of London.