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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 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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mate is based mainly upon the rationing returns furnished
by the Ministry of Food. The birth-rate (and
marriage-rate) population is intended to include all the
elements of the population contributing to the birth
and marriage-rates, and consists, therefore, of the
death-rate or civilian population plus all non-civilians
enlisted from this country, whether serving at home
or abroad, who have been distributed over all the
districts in the country in proportion to their estimated
civilian population.
It is difficult to reconcile the figures obtained from
the food cards with the overcrowding which appears to
exist in the borough, and as, in addition, there were at
the Census of 1911 672 empty houses, nearly all of
which are now occupied, it is probable that the population
is under-estimated.
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 tothe 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 |
| 1919 (estimated) | 158,904 | ¯ | 93.4 | 916,509 |
Physical Features and General Character of the
Borough.—Placed within a loop of the Thames, Fulham
consists of low-lying land surrounded on three sides by
the river. Beneath nearly the whole area lies a bed of
sand and ballast, varying in depth from 10 to 30 ft.,