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12.
Natural Increase of the Population. The natural
increase of the population, that is to say the excess of
births over deaths, during the last five years is shewn
in the following table:—
Births.
Deaths.
Natural increase.
1926
2670
1783
887
1927
2444
1833
611
1928
2388
1780
608
1929
2502
2119
383
1930
2366
1673
693
The greater increase during 1930 was due not to an
increase of births, as the births were actually fewer, but
to the smaller number of deaths.
Deaths. During the year ended 31st December,
1930, 1,473 deaths were registered in the Borough. Of
these, 143 were of persons not belonging to the Borough
while 343 inhabitants of Fulham died outside the
Borough, chiefly in public institutions. There were
therefore 1,673 deaths of persons—835 males and 838
females—having their usual residence in Fulham, representing
an annual rate of 10.8 per 1,000 of the estimated
population, being 2.9 per 1,000 below that of the previous
year and 0.9 below that of 1928. The death rate
of males was 5.4 per 1,000 of the population and that
of females the same. The numbers of deaths and the
death rates for the last five years were as follows:—
Deaths. Rate.
1926 1783 10.8
1927 1833 11.3
1928 1780 11.5
1929 2119 13.7
1930 1673 10.8
The following death rates for 1930 are of interest: —
England and Wales 11.4
London 11.4
107 Large Towns 11.5
Fulham 10.8
Certification of Causes of Death.— Of the 1673
deaths belonging to the Borough, 1524 or 91.09 percent.
were certified by registered medical practitioners, 94 by