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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 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1894
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CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 1897 deaths registered, 1758, or 92.7 per cent.,
were duly certified by registered medical practitioners, and
134, or 7.8 per cent., by the Coroner after inquest, while
the causes of only 5, or 0.3 per cent., were uncertified.
INQUESTS.
Of the 134 inquests held on parishioners, 110 were held in
the parish, and 24 at institutions outside.
The subjects were males, 83; females, 51, and their ages—
| Under 5 | 51 |
| 5 to 60 | 59 |
| Over 60 | 24 |
79 deaths were due to natural causes, and 55 to violence. Those due to natural causes may be classified as follows:—
| Zymotic Diseases | 9 |
| Tubercular | 1 |
| Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 19 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 22 |
| Convulsions and other Diseases of the Nervous System | 8 |
| Alcoholism | 2 |
| Improper or Insufficient Food | 3 |
| Other Diseases | 13 |
| Cause not ascertained | 2 |
| 79 |
The deaths due to violence have already been classified.
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
Three of these were of prematurely-born infants, none of
whom lived for 24 hours. The other two were of persons
aged 35 and 48, and the death was in each case ascribed to
Phthisis.