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Fulham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS-
UNEMPLOYMENT-
The Manager of the Local Employment Exchange has kindly supplied me with the following
particulars relating to the number of persons registered as unemployed:—
October, 1936- January, 1937-
Adult males 1,836 2,339
Adult females 571 602
Juvenile males -22 37
Juvenile females 26 32
Totals 2,455 3,010
These show a considerable decrease compared with the corresponding periods for last
year, especially in the number of males, both adult and juvenile- The figures for the females
are approximately the same for October but substantially lower for January-
LOCAL INDUSTRIES-
The main local industries are the borough electrical power station, the gas works, a
distillery, a sugar refinery, printing works, oil and petrol depots, transport and other distributive
trades-
A table of occupations was printed in the Annual Report for 1935-
COMMENTS ON THE VITAL STATISTICS-
POPULATION-
The Census taken during 1931 showed that the population of the borough was 150,928
but the RegistrarGeneral's estimate of the population for the year 1936 was 141,300- This
latter figure has been used for the compilation of the various rates mentioned in this report-
Despite a natural increase (excess of births over deaths) of 325, the RegistrarGeneral
estimates a decrease of 2,300 in the population from mid 1935 to mid 1936-
MARRIAGES-
The number of marriages during 1936 was 1,385 and the marriage rate (the number of
marriages per 1,000 of the population) was 9-80- In the previous year the number of marriages
was 1,479 and the rate was 10-29-
BIRTHS-
During the year the live births, corrected by the distribution of those occurring in
lyingin institutions in the borough to those districts in which the mothers resided, and the
inclusion of children born to Fulham mothers in institutions outside the borough numbered 2,111,
of whom 1,080 were males and 1,031 were females- The birth rate (the number of live births
per 1,000 of the population) was 14-9 an increase of 1-1 compared with 1935- The birth rate
tor the Metropolis was 13-6 and for England and Wales 14-8-