Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Certification of the Causes of Death.
Of the deaths registered, 1,728 or 92 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.—This Institution
was taken over by the Military Authorities in
1915, and is now known as the Fulham Military
Hospital.
Western Fever Hospital.—In the Western Fever
Hospital there were 149 deaths, including 50 of residents
in Fulham.
Deaths Occurring Outside the Borough.—The deaths of residents in Fulham in public institutions and elsewhere outside the borough numbered 789, and occurred in the following institutions:—
St. George's Hospital | 43 |
West London „ | 36 |
Other General Hospitals | 39 |
Victoria Hospital for Children | 36 |
Other Special Hospitals | 37 |
Fever Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board | 4 |
Provincial Hospitals and Sanatoria | 10 |
Homes for Incurables | 14 |
Lunatic Asylums | 114 |
Poor Law Institutions | 409 |
Private Houses, Nursing Homes, etc. | 47 |
789 |