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In the other sanitary districts the rates ranged fron 13.1 in
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 14.8 in the City of London, and 16.0 in
St. George, Hanover Square, to 37.6 in Mile End, 44.6 in St.
George-in-the-East, and 44.9 in St. Luke.
In the 32 large provincial towns the birth-rate was 29.8,
ranging from 22·8 in Huddersfield, 23·0 in Halifax, and 23.1 in
Bradford, to 35·8 in Sunderland, 36·0 in Liverpool, and 36·3 in
Gateshead.
In Table II the number of births and the birth-rate for the
10 years —1890 to 1899 —are given.
Illegitimate Children.
The birth-rate of illegitimate children numbered 185 —86 males
and 99 females—forming 41 per cent, of the total births.
Still-born Children.
172 still-born children were buried in Fulham Cemetery, being
in the proportion of one still-born child to every 25.5 living.
Excess of Births over Deaths.
The natural increase of the population by the excess of births
over deaths was 2,178, compared with 2,076, 2,139 and 2,079 in
the three preceding years.
The following Table, prepared in accordance with the instructions
of the Local Government Board, gives the population of, and
the births and deaths occurring in, Fulham in 1900 and the ten
preceding years.