Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1911
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The following table shows the increase of the borough in the last sixty years:— TABLE I.
Year. | Population. | Increase per cent. during previous intercensal period. | Persons to the Acre. | Rateable Value. |
---|---|---|---|---|
£ | ||||
1851 Census | 11,166 | _ | 7.0 | 47,492 |
1861 „ | 15,539 | 30.9 | 9.1 | 55,916 |
1871 „ | 23,378 | 50.5 | 13.7 | 96,661 |
1881 „ | 42,900 | 83.5 | 25.2 | 149,899 |
1891 „ | 91,640 | 113.6 | 53.8 | 385,407 |
1896 „ | 113,781 | 24.4 | 66.8 | 560,965 |
1901 „ | 137,289 | 20.6 | 80.6 | 677,332 |
1911 „ | 153,284 | 11.7 | 90.1 | 902,640 |
POPULATION OF THE WARDS.
The population and the number of tenements in
the wards of the borough are shown in the subjoined
table:—
TABLE II.
Ward. | Dwellings or Tenements. | Population, 1911. | Population, 1901. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Males | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
Baron's Court | 3,091 | 320 | 4,758 | 7,695 | 12,453 | 4,570 | 7,591 | 12,161 |
Lillie | 5,821 | 337 | 11,268 | 11,956 | 23,224 | 10,160 | 10,837 | 20,997 |
Walham | 3,042 | 140 | 6,056 | 6,471 | 12,527 | 6,158 | 6,539 | 12,697 |
Margravine | 3,896 | 136 | 8,362 | 8,558 | 16,920 | 7,612 | 7,865 | 15,477 |
Munster | 8,970 | 426 | 18,334 | 19,323 | 37,657 | 13,889 | 14,527 | 28,416 |
Hurlingham | 2,362 | 85 | 4,266 | 5,139 | 9, 404 | 4,065 | 4,807 | 8,872 |
Sand's End | 5,876 | 392 | 12,888 | 13,282 | 26,170 | 11,874 | 12,025 | 23,899 |
Town | 3,471 | 276 | 5,921 | 7,252 | 13,173 | 5,576 | 7,357 | 12,933 |
Fulham Workhouse | 1 | - | 363 | 295 | 658 | 334 | 392 | 726 |
Fulham Infirmary | 1 | .... | 252 | 249 | 501 | 247 | 310 | 557 |
Western Fever Hospital | 1 | .... | 191 | 402 | 593 | 163 | 387 | 550 |
Barges | 2 | — | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
36,433 | 2,022 | 72,662 | 80,622 | 153,284 | 64,652 | 72,637 | 137,289 |