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Fulham 1914
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Twenty-third
Annual Report on the vital statistics and the conditions
affecting the health of the borough during the year 1914.
The statistics of births, deaths and infectious diseases
relate to the fifty-two weeks ended January 2nd, 1915.
POPULATION.
The population of Fulham as enumerated at the
Census taken on April 2nd, 1911, was 153,284, and in
the middle of 1914 it was, according to the revised
estimate of the Registrar General, 157,303.
The following table shows the increase of the population of the borough since 1851:— 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 |
| 1914 Estimated | 157,303 | - | 92.5 | 915,870 |
MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE-RATE.
1,450 marriages were registered during the year,
compared with 1,353, 1,387 and 1,382, in the preceding
three years.
The marriage-rate, i.e., the number of persons married
per 1,000 inhabitants was 18.4, the average rate of the
preceding ten years being 16.7.