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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1900
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900
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TABLE II. FOR WHOLE DISTRICT
| Year, 1 | Population estimated to middle of each year. 2 | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Pubdic Institutions. 9 | Deaths of Non-residents registered in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. 11 | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. 3 | Rate.* 4 | Number. 5 | Rate per 1000 Births registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate 8 | Num ber. 12 | Rate.* 13 | |||||
| 1890. | 88,675 | 3141 | 35·5 | 582 | 182 | 1956 | 22·1 | 476 | 223 | 175 | 1908 | 21·5 |
| 1891. | 92,860 | 3547 | 37·5 | 590 | 166 | 1949 | 21·0 | 518 | 287 | 206 | 1868 | 19·7 |
| 1892. | 97,126 | 3596 | 37·0 | 579 | 166 | 2130 | 21·9 | 586 | 357 | 190 | 1963 | 19·9 |
| 1893. | 101,472 | 3711 | 36·5 | 659 | 177 | 2245 | 22·1 | 460 | 447 | 226 | 2024 | 19·9 |
| 1894. | 105,884 | 3763 | 35·5 | 559 | 149 | 2105 | 19·9 | 707 | 445 | 237 | 1868 | 17·6 |
| 1895. | 110,385 | 3930 | 35·7 | 735 | 187 | 2337 | 21·2 | 632 | 360 | 218 | 2195 | 19.9 |
| 1896. | 115,008 | 4068 | 34·8 | 710 | 175 | 2375 | 20·7 | 805 | 508 | 186 | 2053 | 17.5 |
| 1897. | 119,550 | 4106 | 34·4 | 662 | 161 | 2240 | 18·8 | 679 | 419 | 209 | 2030 | 17·0 |
| 1898. | 124,000 | 4306 | 34·7 | 722 | 167 | 2416 | 19·5 | 788 | 475 | 207 | 2148 | 17·3 |
| 1899. | 128,720 | 4574 | 35·5 | 862 | 189 | 2714 | 21·1 | 812 | 452 | 235 | 2497 | 19·4 |
| Averages for years 1890-1899. | 108,368 | 3875 | 35·7 | 666 | 172 | 2247 | 20·8 | 648 | 397 | 206 | 2056 | 19·0 |
| 1900. | 133,630 | 4525 | 33·9 | 666 | 146 | 2498 | 18·8 | 698 | 376 | 173 | 2347 | 17·6 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those
registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division.
The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the
subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition in the number in
Column 11.
By the term " Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on
account of illness, and dying there ; and by the term " Residents "is meant persons
who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died
elsewhere.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 1701.
Total population at all ages 91,640
At Census of 1891
Number of inhabited nouses 12,866
Average number of persons per house 7.12