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Fulham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
AREA (acres) ... 1,706. Population (Census 1931) 150,928
Population, mid-1939 (Registrar-General's estimate):
for Birth Rate 135,800
for Death Rate 128,600
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931) 26,245
Rateable Value, March, 1940 £1,351,025
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,390
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
| LIVE BIRTHS:- | Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,715 | 885 | 830 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population, 13.5 | |
| Illegitimate | 116 | 58 | 58 | ||
| TOTALS | 1,831 | 943 | 888 | Rate for London 12.3 " " England ana Wales. 15.0 | |
| STILLBIRTHS:- | |||||
| Legitimate | 47 | 21 | 26 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 28.1. | |
| Illegitimate | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS | 53 | 25 | 28 | ||
| DEATHS | 1,613 | 808 | 805 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population: | |
| Crude rate | 12.5 | ||||
| 12.6 | Adjusted rate | ||||
| Rate for London | 11.9 | ||||
| " " England and wales. | 12.1 | ||||
| Percentage of deaths occurring in public institutions | 63.24 | ||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: | |||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 (live ana still) births. | ||||
| From sepsis | – | – | |||
| From other causes | 3 | 1.64 | |||
| Death rate of Infants under One Year of Age:- | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 47 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births | 42 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births | 133 | ||||
| Deaths from:- | |||||
| Cancer (all ages) | 265 | ||||
| Measles (all ages) | – | ||||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 20 | ||||