Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1927.

  • Fulham (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
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[1928]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1927. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 Zymotic deaths.—The mortality from zymotic diseases was lower than in 1926, 41 deaths being due to the seven principal epidemic diseases, against 103 during 1926. The zymotic death rate was 0.2 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 0.6 for 1926. Seasonal mortality.—The mortality in the four quar ters of the year under review was as follows :— Deaths. Rate. First quarter 657 16.2 Second quarter 386 9.5 Third quarter 330 8.1 Fourth quarter 460 11.3 Causes of death.—There are classified in Table II., pages 15 and 16. The following Table shows the diseases which caused the largest number of deaths :— Disease. Males. Females. Both sexes. Percentage of total deaths. Cancer 98 122 220 120 Bronchitis 112 104 216 11.9 Heart diseases 98 101 199 10.8 Pneumonia 78 89 167 9.1 Tuberculosis (all forms) 99 48 147 8.0 Totals 485 464 949 51.8 It will be seen that 949 deaths, or 51.8 per cent., of the total were caused by five diseases. Although there was a reduction of 47 in the number of deaths from cancer, this disease, as in 1926, caused the largest number of deaths. There was a marked rise in the figures for bron chitis which occupied second place in 1927 causing 216 deaths, compared with 161 in 1926. Diseases of the heart were third on the list.
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