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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE III
| Locality. | Deaths of persons at sixty years of age and upwards. | Percentage of deaths of persons at sixty years of age arid upwards as com oared with the total deaths registered. |
|---|---|---|
| Sub.district of St. Peter's | 31 | 295 |
| Sub.district of St. Paul's | 288 | 21.4 |
| Sub.district of Fulham | 255 | 19.7 |
| District of Fulham | 574 | 20.9 |
| London | 18.274 | 22.8 |
TABLE IV.
The following table shows the mean temperature, the population, the number of persons to each acre, the number of births, the proportion of births to each 1,000 persons living, the deaths as registered in the district, the proportion of deaths to each 1,000 persons living, and the proportion of persons living to each death in the ten years 1876.1885.
| Year. | Mean temperature Fahrenheit. | Population re.estimated up to the 3rd of July. | Number of persons to each acre. | Number of births. | Proportion of births to each 1,000 persons living. | Number of deaths. | Proportion of death to each 1000 persons living. | Proportion of pertoi'B living to each death. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | 50.1 | 87,152 | 21.8 | 3,315 | 38 0 | 1,964 | 22.5 | 44.4 |
| 1877 | 49.7 | 88,447 | 22.1 | 3,409 | 38.5 | 1,765 | 20.0 | 50.1 |
| 1878 | 49.6 | 89,742 | 22.4 | 3,610 | 40.2 | 2,346 | 26.1 | 38.3 |
| 1879 | 46.2 | 102 416 | 25.6 | 3,557 | 38.6 | 2,259 | 22.1 | 45.3 |
| 1880 | 49.1 | 106,634 | 26.6 | 4,195 | 39.3 | 2,217 | 20.8 | 48.1 |
| 1881 | 48.8 | 120,403 | 30.1 | 4,513 | 37.5 | 2,472 | 20.5 | 48.7 |
| 1882 | 49.5 | 136,856 | 34.2 | 4,637 | 33.9 | 2.500 | 18.3 | 54.7 |
| 1883 | 49.4 | 142,856 | 35.7 | 5,008 | 35.1 | 2,607 | 18.2 | 54.8 |
| 1884 | 50.7 | 157,725 | 39.4 | 5,392 | 34.2 | 2,733 | 17.3 | 57.7 |
| 1885 | 48.8 | 168,240 | 42.0 | 5.388 | 30.2 | 2,749 | 16.3 | 61.2 |