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Fulham 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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the increase in the population can be accounted for by the excess
in the number of births as compared with the number of deaths
registered.
TABLE V.
The following table shows the quarterly number of births of each sex registered in the three Sub-Districts during the year 1884.
| Qtr. | Sub-district of £t. Peter's | Sub-district of St. Paul's. | Sub district of Fulham. | Grand Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | To tal. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 1st. | 29 | 25 | 54 | 360 | 331 | 691 | 307 | 278 | 585 | 1330 |
| 2nd. | 41 | 25 | 66 | 309 | 355 | 664 | 290 | 314 | 604 | 1334 |
| 3rd. | 26 | 31 | 57 | 317 | 317 | 634 | 294 | 321 | 615 | 1306 |
| 4th. | 34 | 29 | 63 | 343 | 366 | 709 | 335 | 315 | 650 | 1422 |
| Yr. | 130 | 110 | 240 | 1329 | 1369 | 2698 | 1226 | 1228 | 2454 | 5392 |
Of the so called zymotic diseases 526 deaths were registered
against 358 in the previous year,but deducting the 57 deaths of nonparishioners
from zymotic diseases which occurred at the Western
District Hospital at Fulham last year, and the 2 deaths from
zymotic diseases of non-parishioners which occurred at the West
London Hospital last year, and adding 7 deaths from zymotic
diseases of parishioners of this District, which took place in
general hospitals and other public institutions in other Districts
of London, the corrected number of deaths of parishioners of
this District which occurred last year was 474 as compared with
342 in the previous year. There was therefore a comparative
increase of 132 in the number of these deaths of parishioners
registered last year as compared with the previous year, but
making allowance for the increase in the population that has
taken place there was a comparative increase of 126 deaths from
these diseases last year as compared with the previous year.
The deaths of parishioners from zymotic diseases last year were
equal to 17.7 per cent. of the total deaths of parishioners registered
and were at the rate of 34 deaths per annum per 1,000
persons living. The deaths from zymotic diseases in the whole
of London were equal to 164 per cent. of the total deaths registered
and were at the rate of 3.3 deaths per annum, per 1,000
persons living. There was therefore in this District last year a
greater proportion of deaths of parishioners from zymotic diseases
than in London, both as compared with the total deaths of