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DEATHS. —During 1917 1,251 deaths of civilians were
registered in the borough, but of these 139 were of
persons not belonging to Fulham, while 882 inhabitants
of Fulham died outside the borough, chiefly in various
public institutions. There were, therefore, including 19
deaths among Belgian Refugees, 1,994 deaths of
persons, 998 males and 996 females, having their
usual residence in Fulham, representing a death-rate
of 13˙7 per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population,
which is 0˙2 above the average rate of the preceding
five years. The death-rate of the County of London
was 150 per 1,000, and in the Metropolitan boroughs
the rates ranged from 10˙6 in Woolwich to 22˙5 in
Shoreditch.
Excess OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS. —The natural
increase of the population by the excess of births over
deaths was 977, compared with 2,022, 1,536 and 1,772
in the preceding three years.

DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.— The death rates in the
several wards, calculated on the assumption that the
ratio of the estimated civilian population to the census
population was the same in each ward as in the whole
borough, were as under :-