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The following Table gives the number of birth
registered in Fulham, together with the birth-rate during the
last 10 years:-
Males.
Females.
Total.
R ???.
1886
...
1395
1285
2680
39.4
1887
...
1412
1458
2870
39.3
1888
...
1577
1406
2983
38.2
1889
...
1522
1567
3089
37.2
1890
...
1551
1593
3144
35.7
1891
...
1814
1733
3547
374
1892
...
1835
1761
3596
35.4
1893
...
1860
1851
3711
35.4
1894
...
1937
1826
3763
34.9
1895
...
1993
1937
3930
35.3
The erection during the last four or five years of a co
siderable number of moderate-sized "flats" tenanted large
by unmarried persons or by those with small familie
probably accounts for the diminution of the birth-rate.
Excess of Births over Deaths.
The natural increase of the population by excess???
births over deaths was 1735, compared with 1428, 1671 an
1866 in the three preceding years.
Illegitimate Children.
The births of illegitimate children numbered 141—7
males and 66 females, forming 3.6 per cent. of the total
births.
Still-horn Children.
182 still-born children were buried in Fulham Cemetery
being in the proportion of 1 still-born child to every 21???
births.
It is to be regretted that no steps have yet been taker
to carry out the recommendations of the Select Committee
of the House of Commons for the improvement of Death
Certificates and Registration, mentioned in previous reports
that still-births should be registered upon the certificate of 2