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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Fulham 1913

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913

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Table: wards in which the mothers resided, and the inclusion of those occurring in outside Maternity Institutions:— TABLE VIIIA. Births in 1913.

wards in which the mothers resided, and the inclusion of those occurring in outside Maternity Institutions:— TABLE VIIIA. Births in 1913.

Ward.Males.Females.Total Births.Birth-rate.
Barons Court9510019315.3
Lillie37237747929.4
Walham17917135027.5
Margravine30524755229.3
Munster5976071,20430.3
Hurlingham1119520620.8
Sands End37240577728.5
Town14112826920.0
The Borough2,1722,1304,30226.9

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Illegitimacy.
The illegitimates numbered 212, or 4.9 per cent,
of the total births ; of these 185 were born within and 27
outside the Borough.
Still-born Children.
153 still-born children were buried in Fulham
Cemetery, being in the proportion of one still-born child
to every 28 living.
Excess of Births over Deaths.
The natural increase of the population by the excess
of births over deaths was 2,274, compared with 2,402,
1894 and 2,190 in the preceding three years.