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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF FULHAM.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
Town Hall, Walham Green.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report for the year ending December
31st, 1889, as Medical Officer of Health for the Parish of Fulham.
The estimated population is 86,545, and is calculated on the number of
inhabited houses—11,725.
The area of the Parish is in statute acres 1,716, giving a ratio of 50.4
inhabitants per acre.
During the year, 3,089 Births—viz.: 1,522 Males, and 1,567 Femaleswere
registered in the Parish, being at the annual rate of 37.08 per 1000
persons living. The Births registered during the third quarter were
highest—viz. : 813—and during the fourth quarter lowest—viz.:729.
There were 1,694 Deaths registered during the year—viz.: 800 Males,
and 894 Females—of these 251 were non-parishioners. 813 Deaths were
registered of children under five years of age, and 344 were of persons of
60 years and upwards. The Deaths, deducting the non-parishioners, were
at the rate of 16.77 per 1000.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Small Pox.
Measles.
Diptheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Fever.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diarrhœa.
Cholera.
Nil
98
17
Nil
29
298
Nil
Nil
The above statement shows the number of cases in this class which
were reported (before death) during the year.
Every case of Scarlet Fever or Enteric Fever which was reported during
the year, and in which the consent of the parents or friends was obtained,
was removed to Hospital without delay.
WATER SUPPLY.
The Water Supply to the Parish from the Chelsea and West Middlesex
Water Works was on the whole very satisfactory.