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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,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the year 1954,
together with the report of your Public Analyst, Mr. T. McLachlan,
A.C.G.F.C., F.R.I.C., for the year.
The report continues to appear in the form required by the
Minister of Health.
The estimated mid-year population of the Borough was 120,700 compared
with the mid-year estimate of 122,500 in 1953.
Statistical returns for the year indicate that the health of the
citizens of Fulham was maintained at a good standard.
The Birth Rate, 14.06 per 1,000 population., is higher than the
1953 rate (13.65) and the Infant Mortality Rate of 19.4 per 1,000 live
births (27.5 in 1953) is the lowest on record for the Borough of Fulham and
compares satisfactorily with London 22.1 (24.8 in 1953).
The Death Rate was 10.2 per 1,000 population, a lower rate than
that of 11.5 in 1953. This is the lowest recorded Death Rate in Fulham.
The total number of deaths in Fulham from tuberculosis was 29
two of which were non-pulmonary.
It is gratifying to record that no Fulham mother died in childbirth
during the year.
Infectious Diseases on the whole showed a very marked decrease and
I am pleased to record especially that the number of notifications of
Measles were down by 849 and Whooping Cough by 415 on those of 1953, and
there was no death recorded either disease.
The number of notified cases of tuberculosis was 139, of which 13
were non-pulmonary. The number of notifications has teen steadily declining
and this latest figure is the lowest for the last ten years.