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Fulham 1924
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1924
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1.—General Statistics.
Area (acres) 1,706
Population (1923) 163,100
No. of inhabited houses (1921 Census) 25,979
No. of families or separate occupiers (1921
Census) 40,436
Rateable value £990,358
Sum represented by penny rate £4,042
2.—Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
| Births— | Total. | Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 2,835 | 1,400 | 1,435 | Birth-rate 18.2. |
| Illegitimate | 132 | 71 | ||
| Deaths | 946 | 874 | Death-rate 11.1. |
No. of Women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth—
From sepsis 4
other causes 6
Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate 70 Illegitimate 106 Total 72
Deaths from—
Measles (all ages) 29
Whooping cough (all ages) 14
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 22
Population.—The Registrar-General has estimated
the population of the Borough at the middle of 1924
to be 163,100. (Males, 75,512; females, 87,588.)
Marriages.—The number of marriages registered
was 1,288, and the marriage rate, i.e., the number of
persons married per 1,000 of the population, was 7.8.
In the two preceding years the marriages numbered
1,284 in 1923 and 1,320 in 1922, thus showing an
increase of 4 for 1924.
Births.—The births corrected by the distribution
of those occurring in lying-in institutions in the Borough
to the districts in which the mothers resided, and the
inclusion of children born to Fulham mothers in
institutions outside the Borough, numbered 2,967,