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These deaths are equal to a death-rate per 1,000 living of 3.24,
the corresponding rate of the County of London being 2.48; of the
three adjoining parishes that of Kensington was 1.53, of Hammersmith
2.11, and of Chelsea 2.13. In the various sanitary areas of
the Metropolis the zymotic death-rates ranged from 1.07 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
1.09 in St. George, Hanover Square, and 1.12 in St.
James, Westminster, to 3.67 in Newington, 3.78 in Limehouse, and
4.53 in St. George, Southwark. In the 32 large towns the zymotic
death-rate averaged 3.02, ranging from 1.50 in Halifax, 1.56 in
Croydon, and 1.62 in Derby, to 4.32 in Salford, 4.35 in Burnley, and
4.39 in Sheffield. During the past 10 years the deaths and death-rates
from these diseases in Fulham have been as under :—
Year. Deaths. Death-rate.
1889 243 2.9
1890 379 4.3
1891 211 2.3
1892 448 4.6
1893 344 3.3
1894 426 4.0
1895 345 3.1
1896 4 22 3.6
1897 3 60 3.0
1898 39 6 3.16
1899 423 3.24
The mean rate for the 10 years 1889 to 1898 being 3.12.