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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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| Leavesden Asylum | 6 |
| Long Grove Asylum | 7 |
| Manor Asylum | 6 |
| Peckham House Asylum | 1 |
| Tooting Bee Asylum | 11 |
| Epileptic Colony | 1 |
| Middlesex County Asylum | 1 |
| Surrey County Asylum | 1 |
| Grove Fever Hospital | 1 |
| Children's Infirmary, Carshalton | 2 |
| Hammersmith Infirmary | 0 |
| Kensington Infirmary | 2 |
| Marylebone Infirmary | 1 |
| Wandsworth Infirmary | 1 |
| H.M. Prison, Brixton | 1 |
| Other Places | 24 |
| 329 |
Of the 2,115 deaths registered in Fulham during 1909, 796,
or 37.6 per cent., took place either in workhouses, in hospitals,
or in public lunatic asylums.
The percentages in the various classes of institutions in Fulham and in the County of London were as under:—
| FULHAM | I.ONDON | |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in workhouses or workhouse infirmaries | 21.0 | 21.9 |
| Deaths in Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| Deaths in other hospitals | 10.2 | 15.0 |
| Deaths in public lunatic and imbecile asylums | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 37.6 | 42.0 |
GENERAL SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Disinfection.
All infected articles were disinfected at the Council's Disinfecting
Station, Townmead Road. The total cost of the
station for the year was £936, including £77 for interest
on loans for building and plant, and £216 for repayment of
principal.