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Fulham 1905

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905

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51
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, pending the completion of the Hammersmith Workhouse
and Infirmary, accommodated in these institutions.
In 1905 the deaths of 579 persons occurred in the Infirmary
and of 30 in the Workhouse. Of these 387 belonged to Fulham
and 2.22 to Hammersmith and other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
137 deaths occurred in the Western Fever Hospital, of these
39 belonged to Fulham and 98 to other Metropolitan Boroughs.
Deaths occurring outside the Borough among persons
belonging thereto.
The deaths of residents in Fulham in public institutions and
elsewhere outside the Borough numbered 342, and occurred in
the following places: —

TABLE XXVII.

St. George's Hospital83
West London Hospital45
Charing Cross Hospital5
Middlesex Hospital4
St. Mary's Hospital5
St. Thomas's Hospital5
London Hospital2
University College Hospital2
Westminster Hospital2
Queen's Jubilee Hospital10
Homoeopathic Hospital1
Bolingbrook Hospitall
Victoria Hospital for Children37
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children4