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registered medical practitioner, and that it should not be
permitted to bury or otherwise dispose of the still-birth
until an order for burial has been issued by the Registrar.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATE.
The deaths of 2337 persons—1140 males and 1197
females—were registered in Fulham during the year; but of
these 360 were of persons not belonging to the district, who
died in public institutions within the parish, while the
deaths of 218 persons belonging to Fulham occurred in
institutions situated outside the parish. There were therefore
2195 deaths of parishioners of Fulham, compared with
2,068, 2024 and 1897 in the three preceding years, the
mortality being at the rate of 19.7 per 1,000 living, the
death-rates for the preceding three years having been 19.9,
19.3 and 17.6. The rate for the whole of London was 19.4, or
slightly below the average for the ten years, 1885 to 1894,
which was 19.8
The lowest rates in the 43 sanitary areas were 12 0 in
Hampstead, 13.4 in Stoke Newington, 14.4 in Lewisham,
14.5 in Lee, 14 8 in Wandsworth, 15.2 in Plumstead, and
15.9 in St. George's, Hanover Square; and the highest
25.2 in Holborn, 25.3 in the Strand, 25.4 in St. George's,
Southwark, 25.5 in St. Saviour's, Southwark, 27.3 in Limehouse,
29.5 in St. George's-in-the-East, and 30.2 in St.
Luke's.
Among the 33 large towns in England and Wales the
owest rates were those of Croydon 14.5, Derby 16.7,
Huddersfield 16.8, Leicester 17.2,'West Ham 17.8, Bristol
8.0, Cardiff 18.2, Swansea 18.38, Brighton 18.9; and the
highest those of Bolton 24.0, Wolverhampton 24.3, Blackurn
24.3, Manchester 25.2, Salford 25.6, and Liverpool
87.
Correction for Age and Sex Distribution.
The death-rate of Fulham corrected for Age and Sex
Distribution was 20.6, and that of London 20.7.