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The proportion of uncertified deaths was in London 0 9
per cent., and in England and Wales 20.
The Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed
to inquire into the sufficiency of the existing law.as to the
disposal of the dead, for securing an accurate record of the
causes of death in all cases, and especially for detecting
them where death may have been due to poison, violence,
or criminal neglect, made their report in 1893. The
most important recommendations, in addition to the one
respecting still-birth previously alluded to, were
That in no case should a death be registered without the
production of a certificate of the cause of death signed by a
registered medical practitioner, or by a Coroner after inquest.
That a registered medical practitioner should be appointed
as public medical certifier of the cause of death in which a
certificate from a medical practitioner is not forthcoming.
That a medical attendant should be required, before giving
a certificate of death, to personally inspect the body.
No steps have yet been taken to carry out the recommendations
of the Committee.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS."
Fulham Union Infirmary and Workhouse.
This institution, situated in Fulham, serves for the two
parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith.
383 deaths occurred in the Infirmary and 18 in the Workhouse;
of these 207 were of parishioners of Fulham, and 194
of persons belonging to Hammersmith ; their ages being as
under:—
Under 1 68
1 to 5 59
5 to 15 4
15 to 25 20
25 to 65 149
Over 65 101