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As in previous Annual Reports it will be of advantage for me to
briefly describe the district. The Fulham district comprises an area of
4003 acres, and in the middle of last year its estimated population
was 138,000 inhabitants. It is divided for registration purposes into
three sub-districts, namely Fulliam, which is the parish of Fulham, and
St. Peter's and St. Paul's which together constitutes the parish of
Hammersmith. These three sub-districts are hereafter designated as
Fulham, St. Peter's and St. Paul's. Fulham contains an area of 1716
statute acres, St. Paul's 2102, and St. Peter's 185. In the middle of
last year there were 20,379 inhabited houses in the whole district,
against 19,523 for the middle of the previous year. On the estimated
population in the middle of last year there was an average of 6 8 persons
to each house Of the inhabited houses in the middle of last year
there were 12,879 in the parish of Hammersmith, and 7500 in the
parish of Fulham, against 12,250 in the parish of Hammersmith, and
7273 in the parish of Fulham, in the middle of the previous year.
During the whole year therefore there was an increase of 856 in the
number of inhabited houses in the whole district. On the estimated
population in the middle of last year, there was an average of 34.5
persons to each acre in this district, while there was an average of
52.5 persons to each acre in the whole of London. A great many
new houses are every year being constructed, although there is a very
considerable number of the old built houses unoccupied. No doubt
the large number of new houses which are built and occupied has the
effect of drawing people from the old ones.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in this district last year was 2607
(males 1265, females 1342), being one death to every 52.9 inhabitants
against 2499 in the previous year which equalled one death to
each 50 0. The average number of deaths registered in the past ten
years was 2176. Making an allowance for the increase in the population
the deaths last year were 387 below the corrected decennial
average. The above figures represent the total number of deaths as
registered in the district. The annual death rate, taking the deaths
as registered was 18 9 per 1000 persons living, being 1.5 less than the
death rate of all London, which was 204. The mean death rate
in this district in the last ten years was 217, while that in all London
during the same period was 21.9. Of the deaths registered last year,
108 took place in St. Peter's, 1262 in St. Paul's, and 1237 in Fulham,
against 132 in St. Peter's ; 1247 in St. Paul's, and 1120 in Fulham
in the previous year. The average number of deaths registered in the
three sub-districts during the last ten years was, St. Peter's 125, St.
Paul's 1082, and Fulham 958. There was, therefore, last quarter, as
compared with the last decennial average a decrease of 17 deaths in
St. Peter's, an increase of 180 in St. Paul's, and an increase of 279
in Fulham.