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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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Of the 2,364 deaths of residents in Fulham registered
during 1905, 750, or 31.7 percent., took place either in workhouses,
in hospitals, or in public lunatic asylums.
The percentages in the various classes of institutions in
Fulham and London were as under: —
TABLE XXVIII.
| FULHAM. | LONDON. | |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in workhouses and workhouse infirmaries | 16.6 | 19.3 |
| Deaths in Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals | l.7 | 1.5 |
| Deaths in other hospitals | 10.2 | 13.6 |
| Deaths in public lunatic and imbecile asylums | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 31.7 | 37.5 |
DISINFECTION.
All infected articles were disinfected at the Council's
Disinfecting Station, Townmead Road. The total cost of the
station for the year was £ 1,052, including £105 for interest and
£ 216 for repayment of principal.
During the three last years the work was done by a contractor
the cost averaged £1,257, and at that time disinfection
was not carried out after Measles or Tuberculosis, as is now the
case.
PUBLIC MORTUARY. 165 bodies were removed to the Mortuary during the year, and were admitted as follows:—
| At the request of the Coroner | 152 |
| Brought in by the Police | 12 |
| At the request of the Medical Officer of Health | 1 |
| 165 |
Inquests were held on 164 and post-mortem examinations
were made in 69 of the above cases.