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Hammersmith 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]

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NOTES TO TABLE III.
(a) All " Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in
the District who have died outside it, are to be included with the
other deaths in columns 2-10. Transferable deaths of non-residents,
i.e., of persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales who have
died in the District, are in like manner to be excluded from these
columns. For the precise meaning of the term "transferable
deaths," see footnote to Table I.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. should equal the figures
for the year in column 12 of Table I.
(6) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated
within the district, whether of residents or of non-residents, are to
be entered in the last column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all
Inquest cases are to be classed as " Certified " ; all other deaths are
to be regarded as " Uncertified."
(d) Exclusive of "Tuberculous Meningitis" (10), but inclusive of
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
(e) Title 19 should be used for deaths from Diarrhcea and Enteritis at
all ages. (In the "Short List" deaths from Diarrhcea and Enteritis
under 2 years are included under Title 19; those at 2 years and
over being placed under Title 28.)