London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1914
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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Certification of the Causes of Death.
Of the 2,132 deaths registered, 1,973 or 92.6 per
cent, were certified by registered medical practitioners
and the remainder by Coroners after inquest, no death
being uncertified.
Deaths in Public Institutions—Fulham Infirmary and
Workhouse.
The deaths of 486 persons, 266 males and 222
females, occurred in Fulham Infirmary, and of 45, 28
males, and 17 females, in Fulham Workhouse Of these
515 lived in Fulham and 16 in other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
In the Western Fever Hospital there were 41 deaths
of residents in Fulham and 105 of residents in other
boroughs.
Deaths occurring outside the Borough among persons
belonging thereto.
The deaths of Fulham residents in public institutions and elsewhere outside the borough numbered 391, and occurred in the following institutions:—
| St. George's Hospital | 57 |
| West London „ | 44 |
| Other General Hospitals (Metropolitan) | 44 |
| Victoria Hospital for Children | 26 |
| Other Hospitals for Children | 14 |
| Lying-in and other Hospitals for Women | 4 |
| Brompton Hospital | 5 |
| Cancer Hospital | 8 |
| Other Special Hospitals (Metropolitan) | 3 |
| Homes for Incurables | 7 |
| Fever Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board | 10 |