[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham].

  • Fulham (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13 It will be seen that 1,099 deaths or 59.1 per cent. of the total deaths were caused by five diseases. Heart diseases and Cancer more frequently head the list than any other conditions. Heart diseases as in the last two years have taken first place; 455 deaths were certified as due to this cause in 1931 as compared with 400 during the previous year. Cancer came next with 228 deaths, a decrease of 14 on 1930. There was also an increase in the mortality from pneumonia, the number rising from 148 in 1930 to 172 in 1931. Tuberculosis again took fourth place with 169 deaths as against 134 in 1930. There was also an increase in the mortality from bronchitis, the number of deaths being 75 as against 43 in 1930. The following figures show the number of deaths from the common diseases classified according to the organs of the body affected. Diseases of the organs of circulation caused 544 deaths in 1931, or 29.2 per cent. of the total, including 455 from heart diseases, 9 from aneurism and 80 from other circulatory diseases. Including haemorrhage into the brain, the deaths from circulatory diseases were 617. There were 404 deaths in 1931 from diseases of the respiratory organs, equal to 21.75 per cent. of the total deaths. This number is made up as follows:— Pneumonia 172, Tuberculosis of the lungs 146, Bron chitis 75, and other respiratory diseases 11. A large number of the deaths from bronchitis (69.3 per cent.) were in persons over 65 years of age. In the case of deaths from pneumonia 31.9 per cent. were in persons over 65 years of age and 23.8 per cent. were in children under two years of age. Seventy-three persons died from nephritis and 33 from Influenza (compared with 16 during 1930).
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