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Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W. 6.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report
for the year 1920.
Particulars of the natural, social and housing conditions
of the borough were given in the Report for
1919, and this is limited to a record of the vital statistics
and of the various activities of the Council in connection
with public health.
Population.—The Registrar-General has adopted the
following estimates for the calculation of the deathrate
and birth-rate of the borough :—
For the birth-rate 158,989
For the death-rate 158,621
Marriages.—The number of marriages registered was
1,601, and the marriage-rate, i.e., the number of persons
married per 1,000 of the population, was 20.2. In
the three preceding years the numbers were 1,408,
1,471 and 1,659.
Births.—The births, corrected by the distribution of
those occurring in lying-in institutions in the borough to
the districts in which the mothers resided, and the inclusion
of children born to Fulham mothers in lyingin
institutions outside the borough, numbered 4,328
of whom 2,223 were boys, and 2,105 girls.