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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 1898

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898

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it's, Hammersmith 28.3, Chelsea 24.2. In the other sanitary
districts of the Metropolis the rates ranged from 14.4 in St. Martinin-the-Field,
16.2 in the City, and 17.5 in St. George, Hanover
Square, to 38.3 in Mile End, 38.9 in Whitechapel, 43.3 in St.
George-in-the-East, and 45.2 in St. Luke.
Of the 33 large towns in England the highest rates were those
of Gateshead 35.5, Sunderland 35.4 and Salford 34.7, and the lowest
those of Bradford 24.0, Halifax 22.9 and Huddersfield 22.4.

Table: The following Table gives the number of births registered in Fulham, together with the birth-rate during the previous 12 years.

The following Table gives the number of births registered in Fulham, together with the birth-rate during the previous 12 years.

Males.Females.Total.Birth-Rate.
188613951285268039.4
188714121458287039.3
188315771406298338.2
188915221567308937.2
189015511593314435.7
189118141733354737.4
189218351761359635.4
1893186O1851371135.4
189419371826376334.9
189519931937393035.3
189620921976406834.8
189721271979410634.2
189821912116430734.4

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EXCESS OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS.
The natural increase of the population by excess of births
over deaths was 2,139, compared with 1,735, 2,025 and 2,076 in the
three preceding years.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
The births of illegitimate children numbered 171, 91 males and
80 females, forming 4 .0 of the total births.
STILL-BORN CHILDREN.
205 still-born children were buried in Fulham Cemetery, being
in the proportion of one still-born child to every 21 births.