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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 1903
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903
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Inquests.
At the 197 inquests held on inhabitants of Fulham, the
following verdicts were returned :—
TABLE XXXIII.
| Natural causes | 100 |
| Through accidents or negligence:— | |
| Falls | 21 |
| Sun over | 10 |
| Suffocation | 13 |
| Burns and Scalds | 10 |
| Want of attention at birth | 10 |
| Drowning | 2 |
| Electric shock | 2 |
| Lead poisoning | 1 |
| Surgical narcosis | 1 |
| Puerperal septicæmia due to carelessness | 1 |
| Other injuries | 11 |
| 82 | |
| Suicide | 7 |
| Homicide | 4 |
| Open verdict:—found drowned | 4 |
| 197 | |
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse.
Although the two Boroughs, Fulham and Hammersmith,
which formerly constituted the Fulham Union, are now
separated for poor law purposes, the poor of Hammersmith are
still, by an arrangement between the Boards of Guardians,
received into this institution.
In 1903 the deaths of 562 persons occurred in the Infirmary
and of 21 in the Workhouse. Of these 306 belonged to Fulham
and 277 to Hammersmith and other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
One hundred and forty-nine deaths occurred in the Western
Fever Hospital. Of these 28 belonged to Fulham and 121 to
other Metropolitan Boroughs.