View report page

ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the fulham district.
June 1st, 1881.
To the Fulham District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,—
I beg to present to you my Annual Report on the public
health of this district during the year 1880. A census of the
population has just been taken, from which it will be seen that
in a period of ten years the number of inhabitants is almost
double what it was at the end of the last decade. There
are few districts in London that have in the same period so
greatly increased in population. It is more than likely that
in the course of another 10 years a still greater increase will
take place. We may reasonably expect that at no very distant
period the Fulham district will have one of the largest populations
in the metropolis. Last year was very healthy, the mortality
rate being the lowest but one registered during the past
decade. The warm winter and the cold summer had much to do
with this low mortality rate. The deaths from lung affections
were particularly few, while those from febrile diseases were
below the average. This district comprises an area of 4209
acres and an estimated population on the 31st of last December
of 113,000 inhabitants. It is divided for registration purposes
into three sub-districts, namely—Fulham, which is the parish of
Fulham, and St. Peter's and St. Paul's, which together make the
parish of Hammersmith. For the sake of brevity these subdistricts
are hereafter called Fulham, St. Peter's and St. Paul's.