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Illegitimacy.—The illegitimates numbered 203, or
5.4 per cent. of the total births. Of these 130 were
born within, and 73 outside the borough.
Still-born Children.—75 still-born children were
buried in Fulham Cemetery, being in the proportion of
one still-born child to every 48 living.
Excess of Births over Deaths.—The natural
increase of the population by the excess of births over
deaths was 1,772, compared with 2,274, 2,022 and 1,536
in the preceding three years.
Deaths.—During 1916, 1,324 deaths of civilians were
registered in the borough, but of these 131 were of
persons not belonging to Fulham, while 789 inhabitants
of Fulham died outside the borough, chiefly in various
public institutions. There were therefore, including 26
deaths among Belgian Refugees, 1982 deaths of persons,
992 males and 990 females, having their usual residence
in Fulham, representing a death-rate of 13.3 per 1,000 of
the estimated civilian population, or 0.5 per 1,000 below
the average rate of the preceding five years. The death
rate of the County of London was 14.3 per 1,000, and
in the metropolitan boroughs the rates ranged from 10.5
in Hampstead to 19.3 in Finsbury.

Distribution of Deaths.—The death rates in the
several wards, calculated on the assumption that the
ratio of the estimated civilian population to the census
population was the same in each ward as in the whole
borough, were as under:—