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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE I.
| 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 |
| 1906 | estimated | 159,350 | - | 93.5 |
* 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 or division. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction 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 died
in public institutions elsewhere.
The ''Public In stitutions" 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.
The births are not corrected by the distribution of those occurring in Lying-in Institutions.
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 at 1901.
Average number of persons per house 7.4