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Still-born Children.
170 still-born children were buried in Fulham Cemetery,
being in the proportion of one still-born child to every 27
living.
Excess of Births over Deaths.
The natural increase of the population of the borough
by the excess of births over deaths was 2,553, compared with
2,422, 2,636 and 2,396 in the three preceding years.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE.
The deaths of 1,999 persons—1,030 males and 969 females—
were registered in Fulham during the 53 weeks, but of these
163—77 of males and 86 of females—were of persons not
belonging to the borough who died within it; while the deaths
of 321 residents in Fulham—197 males and 124 femalesoccurred
outside the borough, chiefly in various public institutions.
There were, therefore, 2,157 deaths of persons belonging
to Fulham—1,150 males and 1,007 females—representing an
annual rate of 13.24 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
which is the lowest death-rate recorded in the district.
The death-rate of males was 15.1, and of females 11.7,
assuming the sex constitution of the population to be the same
as in 1901.
The death-rate of the County of London was 13.8 per
1,000, and among the several boroughs the lowest death-rates
were 8.5 in Hampstead, 11.0 in Lewisham, 11.4 in Woolwich,
and 11.6 in Wandsworth; while the highest were 17.4 in
Shoreditch, 17.7 in the City of London, 18.6 in Finsbury, and
188 in Bermondsey.
The death-rate of England and Wales in 1908 was 14.7,
and that of the 76 great towns 14.9 per 1.000.
Distribution of Deaths.
Table IV. gives the number and causes of deaths in the
several wards of the borough, and Table V. gives the annual
death-rates of each ward for 1908 and the ten preceding years.