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Fulham 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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persons living per annum. The births exceeded the deaths in the
district last year by 124. Estimating that the population has increased
9000 in the year, 2138 of this number was due to excess
of births over deaths and 6862 to immigration.
The following table shows the deaths registered in the three sub-districts in the years 1881 and 1882, also the average number in the ten years 1873-1882:—
| Year. | Sub-district of St. Peter's. | Sub-Distrct of St. Paul's. | Sub-district of Fulham. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 117 | 1188 | 1168 |
| 1882 | 132 | 1247 | 1120 |
| Mean of the 10 years 1873-1882 | 128 | 1027 | 897 |
Of the so-called Zymotic diseases, 498 deaths were registered
against 623 in the previous year, but if we deduct the deaths of
non-parishioners that took place at the Western District Hospital at
Fulham the corrected number of deaths from this class of diseases
was 487'last year, as compared with 400 during the previous year.
There was therefore a comparative increase of 87 in the number of
these deaths last year, but taking into consideration the increase in
the population, there was a comparative increase last year of 52
deaths from these diseases. The deaths of parishioners from zymotic
diseases last year were equal to 19.6 per cent of the total
deaths of parishioners registered, and were at the rate of 3.9 deaths
per annum per 1000 persons living. The deaths from these diseases
in the whole of London were equal to 16.3 per cent of the total
deaths registered, and were at the rate of 3 5 deaths per annum per
1000 persons living. There was therefore last year in this district
a greater proportion of deaths from zymotic diseases than iu
London both as compared with the total number of deaths registered
and with the population. This higher percentage is owing to
the very large proportion of poor inhabitants in this district.
There is always a greater proportion of these diseases among the
poor than among the rich. Of the 487 deaths from these
diseases which occured last year, there were 19 111 St. 1 Peter's, against
18 the previous year; 215 in St. Paul's, against 220 the previous
year, and 253 in Fulham, against 162 the previous year. Thus
we see that there was a comparative increase of one in the number
of these deaths in St Peter's, a comparative decrease of 5 in St,
Paul's, and a comparative increase of 91 in Fulham.