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Fulham 1911
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1911
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TABLE IV. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1911 AND PREVIOUS YEARS. Prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Local Government Board.
| Year. | Population Estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths.† | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. * | Rate. | of NonResidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Number. * | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1906 | 149,520 | 4,767 | - | 31.9 | 2,192 | 14.7 | 302 | 327 | 649 | 136 | 2,217 | 14.8 |
| 1907 | 150,670 | 4,507 | 4,617 | 30.6 | 1,967 | 13.1 | 153 | 351 | 565 | 122 | 2,195 | 14.6 |
| 1908 | 151,659 | 4,607 | 4,715 | 31.1 | 1,999 | 13.2 | 163 | 321 | 545 | 115 | 2,157 | 14.2 |
| 1909 | 152,501 | 4,199 | 4,306 | 28.2 | 1,940 | 12.7 | 154 | 329 | 466 | 108 | 2,115 | 13.9 |
| 1910 | 153,166 | 4,213 | 4,310 | 28.1 | 1,701 | 11.2 | 99 | 306 | 462 | 107 | 1,908 | 12.5 |
| 1911 | 153,284 | 4,012 | 4,122 | 26.9 | 2,019 | 13.2 | 169 | 378 | 517 | 126 | 2,228 | 14.5 |
Notes.—This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the district, and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding
rates. For years before 1911 some of the corrected rates probably will not be available. The rates should be calculated per 1000 of the estimated gross population.
In a district in which large Public Institutions for the sick or infirm seriously affect the statistics, the rates in Columns 5 and 13 may be calculated on a nett population,
obtained by deducting from the estimated gross population the average number of inmates not belonging to the district in such institutions.
*In Column 6 are to be included the whole of the deaths registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district.
In Column 12 is to be entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction of the number in Column 8 and by addition of the number in Column 9. Deaths
in Column 10 are to be similarly corrected by subtraction of the deaths under 1, included in the number given in Column 8, and by addition of the deaths under 1
included in the number given in Column 9.
†Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided.
The deaths of persons without fixed or usual residence, e.g., casuals, must not be included in Columns 8 or 9, except in certain instances under 3 (b) below. The
Medical Officer of Health will state in Column 8 the number of transferable deaths of "non-residents" which are to be deducted, and will state in Column 9 the
number of deaths of " residents" registered outside the district which are to be added in calculating the nett death-rate of his district.
The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths:—
(1) Persons dying in Institutions for the sick or infirm, such as hospitals, lunatic asylums, workhouses, and nursing homes (but not almshouses) must be
regarded as residents of the district in which they had a fixed or usual residence at the time of admission. If the person dying in an Institution had no fixed
residence at the time of admission, the death is not transferable. If the patient has been directly transferred from one such institution to another, the death is transferable
to the district of residence at the time of admission to the first Institution.
(2) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth in an Institution to which the mother was admitted for her confinement should be referred to the
district of fixed or usual residence of the parent.
(3) Deaths from Violence are to be referred (a) to the district of residence, under the general rule; (b) if this district is unknown, or the deceased had no fixed
abode, to the district where the accident occurred, if known; (c) failing this, to the district where death occurred, if known; and (d) failing this, to the district where
the body was found.
Total population at all ages 153,284
Number of inhabited tenements 36.430 At Census of 1911.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1701. Average number of persons per tenement 4.2