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Fulham 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898
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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Fulham,
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Annual Report on the vital
statistics and the conditions affecting the health of the district for
the year 1898. The statistics of Marriages, Births, Deaths and
Infectious Diseases relate to the 52 weeks ending December 31st,
1898.
POPULATION.
The population of Fulham as enumerated at the Census taken
on March 29th, 1896, was 113,781, having increased from 91,640
during the preceding 10 years. The population in the middle of
1898, as estimated on the hypothesis that the rates of increase
which prevailed between 1891 and 1896 have been maintained
since, was 125,275.
AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTION. The following Table gives the estimated number of persons living in Fulham at different ages, assuming the age constitution of the district to be the same as in 1891, no particulars of age having been required to be given at the Census of 1896:—
| Under 5 | 17,664 |
| 5 to 15 | 28,187 |
| 15 „ 25 | 21 ,547 |
| 25 „ 35 | 22,549 |
| 35 „ 45 | 15,910 |
| 45 „ 55 | 9,772 |
| 55 „ 65 | 5,637 |
| 65 „ 75 | 3, 007 |
| Over 75 | 1,002 |
| 125,275 |