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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
For the Year 1884.
Sanitary Department,
Broadway House,
Hammersmith,
Telephone 8539. 21st June, 1885.
To the Fulham District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
It has been my duty and privilege to present to you during
the past year numerous special reports on sanitary matters, besides
4 quarterly reports containing a detailed account of all the sanitary
work performed in my department, together with statistics as to
the state of the public health of your District. In accordance
with the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Act (18
& 19 Vic., c. 120, Sec. 198, and 25 & 26 Vic., c. 102, Sec. 43) there
remains for me the duty to lay before you an annual statistical
report containing an account of the vital statistics for the past
year, together with a statement as to the sanitary work performed.
The Fulham District comprises an area of 4,003 acres, and
in the middle of last year its estimated population was 140,500
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 constitute 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 1,716 statute acres, St. Paul's
2,102 and St. Peter's 185.
In the middle of last year there were 22,500 inhabited houses
in the whole District, against 20,379 in the middle of the previous
year.
On the estimated population in the middle of last year, there
was an average of 62 persons to each house. Of the inhabited
houses in the middle of last year, there were 13,500 in