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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 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898
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CLASS VIII.-ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Under this heading there were 225 deaths, the majority, viz., 117
being certified as due to Debility, Marasmus or Inanition.
CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 2,148 deaths registered, 1,962, or 9 1.34 per cent., were duly
certified by registered medical practitioners, and 183, or 8.54 per cent.
by the Coroner after inquest, while the causes of 3, or 0.14 per cent.,
were uncertified.
INQUESTS.
Of the 183 inquests held on parishioners, 151 were held in the
parish, and 32 at institutions outside.
The subjects were, males 95, females 67; and their ages—
| Under 5 | 88 |
| 5 to 65 | 81 |
| Over 65 | 14 |
| 183 |
Those due to natural causes may be classified as follows:—
| Zymotic Diseases | 17 |
| Respiratory „ | 19 |
| Tubercular „ | 5 |
| Circulatory „ | 15 |
| Convulsions and other Diseases of the Nervous System | 21 |
| Other Diseases | 20 |
| 97 |
The deaths due to accident or negligence have been already
classified.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
FULHAM UNION INFIRMARY AND WORKHOUSE.
This Institution, situated in Fulham, serves for the two parishes
of Fulham and Hammersmith : 525 deaths occurred in the Infirmary