London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1910
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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| St. Joseph's Home, Chiswick | 1 |
| St. Luke's Home, Kensington | 3 |
| Banstead Asylum | 14 |
| Camberwell House Asylum | 1 |
| Cane Hill Asylum | 6 |
| Claybury Asylum | 3 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 3 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 12 |
| Horton Asylum | 3 |
| Leavesden Asylum | 1 |
| Long Grove Asylum | 12 |
| Peckham House Asylum | 1 |
| Tooting Bec Asylum | 4 |
| Children in Infirmary, Carshalton | 5 |
| Battersea Infirmary | 1 |
| Camberwell Infirmary | 1 |
| Chelsea Infirmary | 1 |
| Hammersmith Infirmary | 6 |
| Holborn Infirmary | 2 |
| Kensington Infirmary | 1 |
| St. George's Infirmary | 2 |
| Wandsworth Infirmary | 1 |
| Paddington Workhouse | 1 |
| St. Pancras Workhouse | 1 |
| Elsewhere | 17 |
| 306 |
Of the deaths registered, 710, or 37.2 per cent., took place
either in workhouses, in hospitals or in public lunatic
asylums.
The percentages in Fulham and in the County of London in the various classes of institutions were as under:—
| Fulham. | London. | |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in workhouses or workhouse infirmaries | 21.8 | 22.4 |
| Deaths in Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Deaths in other hospitals | 10.7 | 16.1 |
| Deaths in public lunatic and imbecile asylums | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 37.2 | 43.4 |