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Diarrhœa.
Of the 135 deaths from diarrhoea, there were 63 in the parish
of Fulham and 72 in the parish of Hammersmith, against 83
the previous year, of which there were 35 in the parish of
Fulham and 48 in the parish of Hammersmith. The increase
in the number of these deaths was, as has been before stated, due
to warm summer. During a large portion of the summer
months there was a great scarcity of rain fall, consequently
the sewers were not well flushed. Under such circumstances
large quantities of impure gas is given off, by which diarrhoea is
in warm weather frequently produced.
English Cholera.
There were 4 deaths registered from English cholera, 2 in the
parish of Fulham and 2 in the parish of Hammersmith, against
one death in the parish of Fulham the previous year. These are
only severe forms of simple diarrhoea. They are not, in the true
sense of the word, infectious diseases.
Violent Deaths and Inquests.
There were 84 deaths from violence, of which there were 25
in the parish of Fulham and 59 in the parish of Hammersmith,
against 71 in the previous year, of which there were 28 in the
parish of Fulham and 43 in the parish of Hammersmith. There
were 167 inquests held, against 154 the previous year. Some
increase in these deaths is only what might be expected with so
great an increase in the population by immigration.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
There were 221 deaths registered in public institutions,
of which there were 50 in St. Paul's, against 40 the previous
year, and 171 in Fulham against 232 the previous year. Of the
50 in St. Paul's, there were 46 in the West London Hospital (34
males and 12 females);4 (males) in the Wormwood Scrubs
Convict Prison. Of the 171 in the parish of Fulham, 122 took
place at the Fulham Workhouse (68 males and 54 females); 47 in
the Metropolitan Asylum Hospital at Fulham (23 males and 24
females; and 2 (females) at the Female Convict Prison in Fulham
Old Town.
Piggeries.
The piggeries now remaining in the district are chiefly confined
to Latymer Road. There are only 3 places in which swine