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 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1915
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| Lying-in and other Hospitals for Women | 5 |
| Brompton Hospital | 6 |
| Cancer Hospital | 10 |
| Other Special Hospitals (Metropolitan) | 7 |
| Homes for Incurables | 13 |
| Fever Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board | 16 |
| Other Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board | 12 |
| Provincial Hospitals and Sanatoria | 8 |
| Lunatic Asylums | 103 |
| Workhouses and Poor Law Infirmaries | 279 |
| In Private Houses, Nursing Homes, etc. | 42 |
| 677 |
Of the deaths registered, 836 or 36 per cent. took place in either Poor Law institutions, in hospitals, or in public lunatic asylums, the percentages in the various classes of institutions being as under : —
| Deaths in Workhouses or Workhouse Infirmaries | 18.3 |
| ,, Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals | 3.5 |
| ,, other Hospitals | 9.7 |
| „ Public Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums | 4.5 |
In the County of London, 45.7 per cent, of the
deaths occurred in public institutions.
GENERAL SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Disinfection.
The following articles were disinfected at the Council's Disinfecting Station, Townmead Road, during the year:—
| Beds | 1030 |
| Mattresses | 989 |
| Palliasses | 388 |
| Box Spring Beds | 27 |
| Pillows | 2473 |
| Cushions | 869 |