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Diseases of the Respiratory System.
From these diseases there were 395 deaths, or 19.5
per cent. of the deaths from all causes, being 23 below
the average number in the ten years, 1902-1911.
Violence.
The deaths of Fulham residents from various forms
of violence numbered 85, of which 18 were due to
suicide.

CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF
DEATH.
Of the 2,023 deaths registered, 1,882, or 93 per
cent., were certified by registered medical practitioners
and 140 by Coroners after inquest; only one death,
that of a woman of 61 from influenza, being uncertified.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse.
The deaths of 430 persons, 237 males and 193
females, occurred in Fulham Infirmary, and of 44,
29 males and 15 females, in the Workhouse. Of
these 468 belonged to Fulham and 6 to other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
In the Western Fever Hospital there were 167
deaths, 78 males and 89 females, of whom 35 lived
in Fulham and 132 in other boroughs.