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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 1903
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903
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TABLE II. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1903 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions. In The District. 9 | Deaths of Non-residents Registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. 3 | Rate* 4 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | Number. 12 | Rate.* 13 | |||||||
| Number. 5 | Rate per 1000 Births registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate.* 8 | |||||||||
| 1893 | 101,472 | 3711 | 36.6 | 659 | 177 | 2245 | 22.1 | 686 | 447 | 226 | 2024 | 19.9 |
| 1894 | 105,884 | 3763 | 35.6 | 559 | 149 | 2105 | 19.9 | 707 | 445 | 237 | 1897 | 17.9 |
| 1895 | 110,385 | 3930 | 35.7 | 735 | 187 | 2337 | 21.2 | 632 | 360 | 218 | 2195 | 19.9 |
| 1896 | 115,008 | 4068 | 35.6 | 710 | 175 | 2375 | 20.6 | 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 | 34.8 | 722 | 167 | 2416 | 19.4 | 788 | 475 | 207 | 2148 | 17.3 |
| 1899 | 128,620 | 4574 | 35.6 | 862 | 189 | 2714 | 21.1 | 812 | 452 | 235 | 2497 | 19.4 |
| 1900 | 133,496 | 4525 | 33.9 | 666 | 146 | 3498 | 18.8 | 698 | 376 | 206 | 2347 | 17.7 |
| 1901 | 138,426 | 4596 | 33.2 | 700 | 152 | 2298 | 16.6 | 669 | 367 | 248 | 2179 | 15.8 |
| 1902 | 143,102 | 4790 | 32.9 | 708 | 148 | 2387 | 17.8 | 766 | 403 | 304 | 2488 | 17.1 |
| Averages for years 1893-1902. | 121,994 | 4237 | 34.8 | 698 | 165 | 2382 | 19.6 | 724 | 425 | 228 | 2186 | 18.0 |
| 1903 | 147,780 | 4790 | 32.5 | 605 | 127 | 2180 | 14.8 | 732 | 411 | 278 | 2047 | 13.9 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 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 substraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term
"Residents "is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions " taken into account for the purposes of these tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or
infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1,703'5.
Total population at all ages 137,249
Census at 1901.
Number of inhabited houses 18,534
Average number of persons per house 7'4