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Fertility Rate.
In comparing the birth-rates of communities, it will be
remembered that, when calculated on the total population,
the birth-rate is, of course, largely influenced by the constitution
of the population as regards age, sex and condition as
to marriage, and a more accurate measure of the fertility of
the population is obtained by calculating the birth-rate on the
proportion of legitimate births to married women aged 15 to
45 years. In 1910 the legitimate birth-rate of Fulham per
1,000 married women aged 15 to 45 years was 182.8, and the
corresponding rate of the County of London was 186.1.
Illegitimacy.
The illegitimates numbered 163, or 3.9 per cent, of the
births registered in the Borough. Information was not
obtained respecting the status of those born outside the
Borough, but the percentage of illegitimacy would be much
higher among them.
Still-born Children.
133 still-born children were buried in Fulham Cemetery,
being in the proportion of 1 still-born child to every 32 living.
Excess of Births over Deaths.
The natural increase of the population by the excess of
births over deaths was 2,402, compared with 2,422, 2,553 and
2,191 in the three preceding years.