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Fulham 1896
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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AREA AND DENSITY OF THE POPULATION.
The area of Fulham is 1,701 acres, and there are 67 persons to the acre
The County of London has an average density of 59. 2 persons to the acre,
ranging from 212 and 197 in St. George's, Southwark, and Whitechapel, to
20, 16, and 10, in Wandsworth, Lewisham and Plumstead.
The following Table gives a summary of the results of the Census in each of the wards into which the parish is divided, together with the increase in each during the past five years:—
| Name of Ward. | Number of separate families (Schedules) | Houses. | Population. | Population in 1891. | Increase | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhabited | Empty | Building | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Baron's Court – | 2743 | 1748 | 160 | 6 | 4517 | 7147 | 11664 | 11163 | 501 |
| Hurlingham – | 1307 | 891 | 41 | – | 2476 | 3005 | 5481 | 3941 | 1540 |
| Lillie excluding Western Hospital. | 5167 | 2529 | 60 | 6 | 10001 | 10506 | 20507 | 17673 | 2834 |
| Margravine excluding Fulham Union, Workhouse&lnfirmary | 4265 | 2368 | 84 | 20 | 9377 | 9321 | 18698 | 13042 | 5656 |
| Munster | 3683 | 2070 | 58 | 26 | 7818 | 8127 | 15945 | 11818 | 4127 |
| Sands End | 3334 | 1922 | 24 | 63 | 7491 | 7615 | 15106 | 12093 | 3013 |
| Town | 2319 | 1595 | 262 | 85 | 3977 | 5218 | 9195 | 6382 | 2813 |
| Walham | 3866 | 2143 | 49 | 16 | 7368 | 8072 | 15440 | 14271 | 1169 |
| Fulham Union Infirmary | – | – | – | – | 201 | 279 | 480 | 450 | 30 |
| Fulham Workhouse | – | – | – | – | 360 | 378 | 738 | 538 | 200 |
| Western Fever Hospital | – | – | – | – | 164 | 363 | 527 | 269 | 258 |
ESTIMATED POPULATION AT MIDDLE OF 1896.
Assuming that the rate of increase which prevailed during between 1891
and 1896 is still maintained, the population at the middle of 1896 was
115,008, and on these figures the statistics in this report are based.
Marriages and Marriage Rate.
916 marriages were celebrated in Fulham during the year, the number
in the three preceding years being 809, 789, and 735. The marriage rate,
i.e., persons married per 1,000 inhabitants, was 15.6, the rate for the whole of
London being 18.0, and for England and Wales, 15.3.
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