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differences will be found in comparing the age and sex
distribution in the various London districts; and as age and
sex constitution has a considerable influence on the death-rate
of a community, the recorded death-rates require correction
before they can be used for purposes of comparison. The
age and sex distribution in Fulham is more favourable to
a low death-rate than that of England, but not so favourable
as that of London as a whole, nor as that of the adjoining
parishes.
MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE RATE.
809 marriages were celebrated in Fulham during the
year, against 759, 735 and 789 in the three preceding years.
The marriage rate, i.e., persons married per 1,000 inhabitants,
was 14 5, the rate for the whole of London being 17.1, and
for England and Wales 15.0.
BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATE.
The births registered in the year numbered 3,930; 1,993
males and 1,937 females. There was one birth to every 28
inhabitants, and 100 births of males to 97.2 of females.
The 3,930 births correspond to a birth-rate of 35 3,
which was lower than the average of the last ten years, but
considerably higher than that of London, which was 30.5,
and that of the western group of sanitary areas excluding
Fulham, which was 23.5.
In the other Sanitary Districts the rates ranged from
46.8. 43.7 and 38.9, in St. Luke's, St. George's-in-the-East
and Mile End, to 18.8, 16.4 and 14.0 in Hampstead, the
City of London and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields respectively.
Among the 33 large towns of England and Wales the
nighest rates were those of Liverpool, 36.9; Wolverhampton,
35.4, and Sunderland, 35.1; and the lowest those
of Croydon, 25.3; Halifax, 23.1, and Huddersfield, 21.7