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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W. 6.
April, 1926.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the
Borough for the year 1925, this being my fourth and
last Annual Report as your Medical Officer of Health.
The year 1925 has not been marked by any noteworthy
happenings so far as the health of the Borough
is concerned. I would, however, draw attention to
the following matters :—
(1) The death-rate for 1925 was 10.7 per thousand,
compared with 11.1 for the previous
year.
(2) The infantile mortality rate rose from 72 in
1924 to 76 this year.
(3) We have to record the lowest birth-rate, 16.9,
ever recorded in the Borough with the exception
of the one war-year 1918, with a rate
of 16.7. Recent years have seen a steady
fall in the birth-rate.
(4) The estimated population of 163,700 for 1925
is the largest number of persons ever estimated
to live in the Borough.
(5) The death-rate from cancer shows a small
decline from 1.35 to 1.20 per thousand.
(6) An additional health visitor was appointed
during the year bringing the number of
municipal health visitors up to six.