Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE XVI.
VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1901 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
Year.
Population
estimated to
Middle of each
Year.
Births.
Total Deaths Registered in the District.
Total
Deaths in
Public
Institutions
in the
District.
Deaths of
Non-residents
Registered in
Public
Institutions
in the
District.
Deaths of
Residents
Registered
in Public
Institutions
beyond the
District.
Nett Deaths at all
Ages belonging to
the District
Number.
Rate.*
Under One Year of Age.
At all Ages.
Number.
Rate per
1 000 Births
Registered.
Number.
Rate.*
Number.
Rate:*
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
1891
92,860
3,547
37.5
590
166
1.949
21.0
518
287
206
1,868
19.7
1892
97,126
3,596
37.0
579
161
2,130
21.9
586
357
190
1,963
19.9
1893
101,472
3,711
36.5
659
177
2,245
22-1
460
447
226
2,024
19.9
1894
105,884
3,763
35.5
559
149
2,105
19.9
707
445
237
1,868
17.6
1895
110,385
3,930
35.7
735
187
2,337
21.2
632
360
218
2,195
19.9
1896
115,008
4,068
34.8
710
175
2,375
20.6
805
508
186
2,053
17.5
1897
119,550
4,106
34.4
662
161
2,240
18.8
679
419
209
2,030
17.0
1898
124,000
4.306
34.7
722
167
2,416
19.4
788
475
207
2,148
17.3
1899
128,620
4,574
35.5
862
189
2 714
21.1
812
452
235
2 497
19.4
1900
133,496
4,525
33.9
666
146
2,498
18.8
648
376
206
2,347
17.7
Averages
for years
1891-1900
112,840
4,012
35.6
674
168
2,301
20.4
664
413
212
2,100
18.6
1901
138,426
4,596
33.2
700
152
2,298
16.6
669
367
248
2.179
15.8
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.-The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district.
The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term “Non-resudebts” is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term
“Residents” is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The “Public Institutions taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity,
such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1,703.5. Total population at all ages 137.249
Number of inhabited houses 18,534 Census of 1901.
Average number of persons per house 7.4