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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W. 6.
April, 1924.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.
Mr. Mayor, Lady and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the
Borough for the year 1923, this being my second
Annual Report as your Medical Officer of Health.
The year 1923 has been a noteworthy one in connection
with the public health work of the Borough
and, amongst other things, I should desire to draw
your attention to the following :—
(1) We had during 1923 the lowest death-rate
ever recorded in the history of the Borough,
viz. : 10-5 per thousand population.
(2) 1923 also showed the lowest infantile mortality
rate ever recorded in the Borough, viz. : 64
deaths under one year of age per thousand
births.
(3) We had during this year also the lowest birthrate
(19-3) ever recorded in the Borough,
with the exception of the three war years,
1917, 1918 and 1919, when, of course, unusual
factors were at work to influence the
birth-rate.
(4) The estimated population of 161,600 for 1923
is the largest number of persons ever estimated
to live in the Borough, and as this is based
on a census taken so recently as 1921, its
accuracy may reasonably be accepted.
(5) Despite our record low general death-rate,
the death-rate from Cancer is the highest
ever recorded in the history of the Borough,
being 1-3 per thousand of the population.