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The physical signs in all the cases were those of patchy consolidation
of both lungs. The sputum was very viscid, but
not rust-coloured, and the report of the Lister Institute on a
specimen from R. C. was to the effect that a pure culture of the
pneumococcus was isolated, to which it was considered the
disease was due, and that the presence in large numbers of
another organism morphologicallv resembling the bacillus of
Friedlander, but not giving the cultural reactions of any wellknown
pathological organism, was not of importance.
Cancer.
Malignant diseases caused 143 deaths, the average of the
preceding ten years being 127.
Violence.
The deaths of Fulham residents from accident or negligence
numbered 62, of which 14 (nearly one-fourth) were caused by
suffocation in bed.

CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 1,907 deaths registered, 1,758, or 92.5 per cent.,
were certified by registered medical practitioners, and the
remainder by coroners after inquest, no death being uncertified.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse.
The deaths of 388 persons (216 males and 172 females) occurred
in Fulham Infirmary, and of 27 (18 males and 9
females) in the Workhouse. Of these, 399 belonged to
Fulham, and 16 to other districts.