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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Fulham.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report
on the vital statistics and the conditions affecting the health of
the district for the year 1901.
The statistics of births, deaths and infectious diseases, relate
to the 52 weeks ending December 28th, 1901.
POPULATION.
The population of Fulham as enumerated at the Census taken
on April Gth, 1901, was 137,289, showing an increase of 23,508
compared with the enumerated total in 1896, the increase being
greater than in any metropolitan borough excepting Wandsworth.
The following table shows the increase of the population of the
borough during the last 50 years.
TABLE I.
Year.
Population.
Increase per cent.
During Previous
Intercensal Period.
Persons to the Acre.
1851 Census
11,866
...
7.0
1861 „
15,539
309
9.1
1871 „
23,378
50.5
13.7
1881 „
42,900
83.5
25.2
1891 „
91,640
113.6
53.9
1896 „
113,781
24.4
67.0
1901 „
137,289
20.6
80.6