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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report for
1917, which, in accordance with the instructions of
the Local Government Board, is limited to a brief
record of the most important matters that have
affected the public health during the year.
Population.—For the calculation of the death-rate
and birth-rate the following estimates of population
have been adopted by the Registrar General:—
For the death-rate 145,186
„ birth-rate 161,841
The former is an estimate of the civil population, the
latter of the total population, based on the assumption
that the ratio between the total and the civilian population
is the same in the borough as in England and Wales
as a whole. Looking at the crowded state of the
borough, both are probably under estimated.
Marriages.—1,403 marriages were registered during
the year, against 1,450, 2,043 and 1,918 in the three
previous years.
Births. —Excluding 75 births among non-residents,
but including 194 children born of Fulham mothers in
lying-in institutions situated in other boroughs, 2,971
births were registered, 1,530 of boys and 1,441 of girls,
representing a birth-rate of 184 per 1,000 of the
estimated total population. This is the lowest birthrate
recorded in Fulham, and is 6.4 per 1,000 below
the average rate of the preceding five years.
Illegitimacy.—The illegitimates numbered 224, or
7.5 per cent: of the total births, the highest proportion
recorded in any year. Of these 137 were born within,
and 87 outside the borough.