Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905
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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 Hospital | 83 |
| West London Hospital | 45 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 5 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 4 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 5 |
| St. Thomas's Hospital | 5 |
| London Hospital | 2 |
| University College Hospital | 2 |
| Westminster Hospital | 2 |
| Queen's Jubilee Hospital | 10 |
| Homoeopathic Hospital | 1 |
| Bolingbrook Hospital | l |
| Victoria Hospital for Children | 37 |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children | 4 |