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Distribution of Deaths.—The number and the causes
of the deaths in the several wards of the borough are
given in Table II.
Certification of the Causes of Death.—Of the 1,708
deaths registered, 1,565, or 91.6 per cent., were certified
by registered medical practitioners, and 143 by
coroners after inquest, no death being uncertified.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Fulham Infirmary.—The deaths of 616 persons
occurred in the Fulham Infirmary, of whom 483 lived
in Fulham and 133 in other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.—In this institution there
were 24 deaths of residents in Fulham and 94 of residents
in other districts.
Deaths occurring outside the Borough among Persons
belonging thereto .—The deaths of Fulham residents outside
the borough numbered 328, and occurred in the
following places :—
St. George's Hospital 40
West London Hospital 24
Other General Hospitals 32
Children's Hospitals 25
Hospitals for Women 6
Other Special Hospitals 32
Homes for advanced cases 9
Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board 7
Poor Law Infirmaries 10
Lunatic Asylums 51
Sanatoria 21
Nursing Homes, private houses, and elsewhere 71
328
Of the deaths registered, 764 or 44.7 per cent, took
place either in poor law institutions, in hospitals, or in
public lunatic asylums, the percentages in the various
classes of institutions being as under :—
Per cent.
Death in Workhouses or Workhouse Infirmaries 28.8
„ Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals 1.8
,, other Hospitals 11.1
Public Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums 3.0
. 44.7