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Of the 1,765 deaths occurring during the past year, 121 were
registered in the sub-district of St.Peter's; 814 in the sub-district
of St. Paul's; and 830 in the parish of Fulham. The average
number of deaths in the three sub-districts during the three
years previous being, St. Peter's 132; St. Paul's 976; and
Fulham 731. There was, therefore, as compared with the three
years previous, notwithstanding the increase of population, a
decrease of 11 deaths in the sub-district of St. Peter's; 162
deaths in the sub-district of St. Paul's; but an increase of
99 deaths in the parish of Fulham. This increase of mortality
in Fulham parish is mainly due to the small-pox epidemic,
from which 63 deaths were registered, and to the number of
deaths occurring in the Fulham Small-pox Hospital, which
were 49 of the 63 registered in the parish. The greater
number of these cases were removed from other parishes to
Fulham, for the purpose of isolation. Of the 1,765 deaths occurring
during the past year, 481 were those of infants, under
one year of age, and 397 were those of persons aged 60 years
and upwards. Of the 481 deaths occurring in infants, under
one year of age, 34 occurred in the sub-district of St. Peter's,
218 in the sub-district of St. Paul's, and 229 in the parish of
Fulham. Of the 397 occurring in persons aged 60 years and
upwards, 38 occurred in the sub-district of St. Peter's; 108 in
the sub-district of St. Paul's; and 179 in the parish of Fulham.
The mortality, therefore, in children under one year of
age, is proportionally greater in Fulham than in Hammersmith,
though the mortality in Fulham is favourable when
compared with other districts in the metropolis. It is
on the infantile mortality that we are able to judge in a
great measure as to the condition of a district. The mortality
in children one year of age and under was 14.973 per cent. in
the sub-district of St. Peter's; 11.912 per cent. in
the sub-district
of St. Paul's; and 17.588 per cent. in the parish of Fulham.
Nearly 4 per cent. more children died under one year of
age, in Fulham, than in Hammersmith. This difference in the
infantile mortality is sufficient to call forth rigid enquiries for
the cause or causes acting to produce it.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Fulham district
during the past year was remarkably large, being 3,409
against 3,315 which occurred in the previous year. It is worth
notice that while the number of deaths in the district decreased