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FUL 20
Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In their circular letter of January, 1920, the
Ministry of Health requested the Council to consider
the important question of taking special steps, now
that the war is over to inform themselves as to the
general condition of the health of their area, and of the
various health services for which the Council are
responsible under the Public Health Acts, the Maternity
and Child Welfare Act, and other statutes and regulations
through which the prevention of disease, diminution
of sickness and the general physical welfare of the
people are intended to be promoted. In a
memorandum accompanying their letter the Ministry
of Health indicated the lines upon which they wished
the Medical Officer of Health to compile his report, and
the subjects therein specified are dealt with here as
far as possible in the order given, though owing to my
absence through ill health, in some respects not so
fully as could be wished.
Natural and Social Conditions of the Borough.
Population.—The population of Fulham as enumerated
at the Census of 1911 was 153,284. For 1919,
the Registrar-General adopted for the calculation
of the death-rate and birth-rate of the borough the
following estimates of the population :—
For the death-rate 152,543
,, birth-rate 158,904
The death-rate population excludes all non-civilian
males, whether serving at home or abroad. This
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