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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Fulham.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report
on the vital statistics and the conditions affecting the health of
the borough for the year 1902.
The statistics of births, deaths and infectious diseases, relate
to the 53 weeks ending January 3rd, 1903.
POPULATION.
The population of Fulham as enumerated at the Census taken
on April 6th, 1901, was 137,289, having increased from 113,781
during the previous five years.
The population in the middle of 1902, as estimated on the
assumption that the rate of increase which prevailed between
1896 and 1901 has been continued since, was 143,102, and on
that figure the statistics in this report are based.
Marriages and Marriage-rate.
1,123 marriages were solemnized in Fulham during the year
compared with 1,153, 1,162 and 1,137 in the preceding three
years. The marriage-rate, i.e., persons married per 1,000
inhabitants, was 15.3, the rate of the County of London being
17.8, and that of England and Wales, 16.2.
Births and Birth-rate.
The births registered during the year numbered 4,790—
2,467 males and 2,323 females. There was one birth to every
30 inhabitants, and 100 births of males to 94.2 of females.
These births correspond to a birth-rate of 32.9 per 1,000,
being the lowest yet recorded in Fulham.
The progressive decline in the birth-rate of recent years will
be seen or. reference to Table I.