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INFLUENZA.
33 deaths were stated to be due to Influenza, the numbers
for the three preceding years being 33, 30, and 12.
DEATHS FROM OTHER DISEASES.
Cancer.
Malignant diseases caused 117 deaths, equivalent to a deathrate
of 0.73 per 1,000, as against 0.97 in 1907, and an average
of 0.82 for the ten years 1898-1907.
Diseases of the Respiratory System.
From these diseases there were 405 deaths, or 18.8 of the
deaths from all causes, being 92 below the corrected decennial
average.
CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATHS.
Of the 2,157 deaths registered, 1,971, or 91.4 per cent., were
certified by registered medical practitioners and 184 by coroners,
after inquests, only 2 deaths being uncertified.
Inquests.
A verdict of death from natural causes was returned after
88, and from accident or misadventure after 96, inquests. Particulars
of the latter will be found in Table A in the Appendix.
DEATHS TN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse.
In 1908 the deaths of 404 persons, 220 males and 184 females,
occurred in the Infirmary, and of 21, 11 males and 10 females,
in the Workhouse. Of these, 400 belonged to Fulham and 25
to other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
In the Western Fever Hospital there were 179 deaths, of
which 54 belonged to Fulham and 125 to other metropolitan
boroughs.