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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FULHAM
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
FULHAM, S .W. 6
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FULHAM.
Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report on the health of the
Borough of Fulham for the year 1953.
The report follows again the form indicated by the Minister of
Health. I am pleased to include the report of your Public Analyst,
Mr. T. McLachlan, A.C.G.F.C., F.R.I.C., and also that of Dr. H.C. Price,
Chest Physician, Fulham, on the work on tubercular disease carried out
at the Fulham Chest Clinic.
The mid-year population of the Borough estimated by the RegistrarGeneral,
is given as 122,500 showing a slight decrease compared with
122,800 in 1952, but still slightly above the figure for 1951 (122,400).
The Birth Rate for the year (13.65) is very little lower than for
1952, viz: 13.99; the Still Birth Rate 0.22 shows a desirable decline
compared with 1952, viz: 0.33. The Infantile Mortality Rate 27.5 is an
increase on the 1952 figure of 25.6.
The Death Rate which includes deaths from all forms of tubercular
disease continues the decline commenced in 1951. The total number of
deaths which occurred in Fulham during the year was 1,411. I regret to
report one maternal death in 1953, as in the previous year, giving a
Maternal Mortality Rate of .58 per 1,000 births.
The statistical records for the year indicate that the health of the
people in Fulham continues its good record and maintains a satisfactory
standard.
Notifiable infectious diseases show an increase compared with the
low figure recorded in 1952. Measles and whooping cough with their
periodic incidence account almost entirely for this rise. Fulham's
infectious diseases figures, per 1,000 of the population, compare
favourably with those of London and the country as a whole.
A welcome reduction occurred in the number of poliomyelitis notifications
and in all forms of tubercular disease.