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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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| Year. | Population. | Increase per cent, during previous intercensal period. | Persons to the Acre. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 Census | 11,866 | — | 7.0 |
| 1861 „ | 15,539 | 30.9 | 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 |
| 1904 estimated | 152,482 | — | 89.7 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Notk.—The deaths included in Column 7 of t his table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division.
The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7,corrected by the substraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non.residents" 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 tiled in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" taken into account for the purposes of these tables are those into which iiersons 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), 1,703.6. Total population at all ages 137.249
Number of inhabited houses 18,534
Avarag. number of pwaoiM par house 7.4
Census at 1901.