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Fulham 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1926
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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 1,783
deaths registered, 1,617 or 90.6 per cent., were certified
by registered medical practitioners, 164 by coroners
after inquest, two deaths being uncertified.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Fulham Hospital.—The deaths of 621 persons
occurred in the Fulham Hospital, of whom 569 lived
in Fulham and 52 in other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.—In this institution there
were 22 deaths of residents in Fulham and 99 deaths
of residents in other districts.
Deaths occurring outside the Borough among Persons belonging thereto.—The deaths of Fulham residents outside the Borough numbered 373, and occurred in the following places:—
| St. George's Hospital | 43 |
| West London Hospital | 24 |
| Other General Hospitals | 88 |
| Children's Hospitals | 18 |
| Hospitals for Women | 6 |
| Other Special Hospitals | 35 |
| Homes for Advanced cases | 18 |
| Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board | 14 |
| Poor Law Infirmaries | 17 |
| Mental Hospitals | 41 |
| Sanatoria | 2 |
| Nursing Homes, private houses and elsewhere | 67 |
| 373 |
Of the deaths registered, 895 or 50.2 per cent.,
took place either in poor law institutions, in hospitals
or in mental hospitals, the percentages in the various
classes of institutions being as under:—
Per cent.
Deaths in Workhouses or Workhouse Infirmaries 34.4
„ Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals .7
,, Mental Hospitals 2.2
„ Other Hospitals 12.9
50.2