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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 1909
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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Diseases of the Respiratory System other than Phthisis.
From these diseases there were 419 deaths, 19.8 per cent. of
the deaths from all causes, being 68 below the corrected decennial
average.
Other classes of diseases caused the following deaths:—
| Venereal Diseases | 28 |
| Diseases of the Nervous System | 92 |
| Diseases of the Circulatory System | 249 |
| Diseases of the Digestive Orgarns | 90 |
| Diseases of the Urinary System | 91 |
CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 2,115 deaths registered, 1,954, or 92.4 per cent.,
were certified by registered medical practioners, and the remainder
by coroners after inquest, no death being uncertified.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse.
In 1909 the deaths of 436 persons, 220 males and 216
females, occurred in the Infirmary, and of 28, 19 males and
9 females, in the Workhouse. Of these 450 belonged to
Fulham and 14 to other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
In the Western Fever Hospital there were 178 deaths, of
which 52 belonged to Fulham and 126 to other metropolitan
boroughs.
Deaths occurring outside the Borough among persons
belonging thereto.
The deaths of residents in Fulham in public institutions and elsewhere outside the Borough numbered 829, and occurred in the following institutions: —
| St. George's Hospital | 69 |
| West London Hospital | 37 |
| Westminster Hospital | 7 |