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STILLBIRTHS.
The number of stillbirths during 1937 was 61 compared with 55 during the previous year.
The stillbirths amounted to 30.6 per 1,000 of the total births (live and stillbirths). The corresponding
rate for England and Wales was 39.04. On the basis of stillbirths per 1,000 of the population
the local rate is 0.44 as against 0.60 nationally and 0.46 in the administrative county.
ILLEGITIMACY.
The illegitimate live births numbered 135 (74 males and 61 females) during 1937 compared
with 105 for the previous year, and constituted 6.9 per cent. of the total live births.
DEATHS.
During the year ended December 31st, 1937, 1,518 deaths were registered as having occurred in
the borough. Of these, 220 were of persons not belonging to the borough, while 519 inhabitants of
Fulham died outside the borough, chiefly in public institutions. There were, therefore, 1,817 deaths
of persons, 908 males and 909 females, having their usual residence in Fulham, representing an annual
crude death rate of 13.1 per 1,000 of the population. This rate is 0.5 above that of the previous year.
The death rate for England and Wales was 12.4, and for London 12.5. The "Comparability Factor"
remains unchanged at 1.01, and the adjusted death rate is, therefore, 13.2.
CERTIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 1,817 deaths belonging to the borough, 1,619 or 89.11 per cent., were certified by registered
medical practitioners; 110 or 6.05 per cent. by coroners after inquests, and 88 or 4.84 per
cent. by coroners without inquests.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Of the deaths of Fulham persons 64-06 per cent, took place in Public Institutions. The
distribution of these institutional deaths according to the type of institution was as follows :—
Per cent.
887 in Public Assistance Hospitals or Institutions... ... 76-20
28 in Infectious Disease Hospitals ... ... ... ... 2-41
181 in other Hospitals ... ... ... ... ... ... 15-55
68 in Mental Hospitals ... ... ... ... ... 5-84
FULHAM HOSPITAL.
In this institution belonging to the London County Council there were 809 deaths, of which
690 were of Fulham residents and 119 of persons residing in other districts.
WESTERN HOSPITAL.
This hospital, the only London County Council Infectious Disease Hospital in the borough,
had 90 deaths during the year, and of this number 14 were of Fulham residents, while the remaining
76 were of patients admitted from other districts.