London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1927
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1927
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1,240 were boys and 1,204 were girls. The birth rate
was 15.1 per 1,000 inhabitants, being 1.1 per 1,000
below that of 1926. The birth rate for the whole of
London was 16.1, and for England and Wales 16.7.
Illegitimacy.-—The illegitimate births numbered 125
(57 males, and 68 females), or 5.1 per cent., of the
total births, against 6.2 per cent, in 1926 and 5.1 per
cent, in 1925.
Natural Increase of the Population.—The natural
increase of the population by excess of births over
deaths was 611, against 887 in 1926 and 1,017 in 1925.