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puerperal fever.
Two deaths occurred from puerperal fever during last year,
one occurred in the Parish of Fulham and one in the Parish
of Hammersmith, against two cases in the previous year both of
which occurred in the Parish of Hammersmith. In both of the
cases which occurred last year death took place, and no information
was obtained of the cases until after the deaths of the
patients. The nurses who had attended the patients in their
confinements were written to by your Board and prohibited from
attending at any other confinement for a period of one month
from the day they left the houses where the patients had died.
erysipelas.
During last year 4 cases of erysipelas were reported in this
District, one of which occurred in the Parish of Fulham and 3 in
in the Parish of Hammersmith, and against no case reported in the
previous year. Three of the cases which occurred last year
were not reported until after the death of the patients, and in one
case the patient was removed by the Fulham Board of Guardians
to the Fulham Union Infirmary.
violent deaths.
There were 95 deaths from violence, of which there were 27
in the Parish of Fulham and 68 in the Parish of Hammersmith
against 88 in the previous year, of which there were 31 in the
Parish of Fulham and 57 in the Parish of Hammersmith. The
presence of a public hospital in the latter parish is the cause of
the difference in the number of cases in the two parishes.
inquests.
There were 231 inquests held last year of which there were
100 in the Parish of Fulham and 131 in the Parish of Hammersmith,
against 213 in the previous year, of which there were 100
in the Parish of Fulham and 113 in the Parish of Hammersmith.
deaths in public institutions.
During last year 345 deaths were registered as occurring in
public institutions in this District, of which there were 243 in the
Parish of Fulham and 102 in the Parish of Hammersmith,
against 251 in the previous year, of which there were 178 in the
Parish of Fulham and 73 in the Parish of Hammersmith. Of
the 243 cases in the Parish of Fulham 168 (males 89 and females
79) took place at the Fulham Union Workhouse; 74 (males 45
females 29) occurred in the Western District Hospital at Fulham
and one (a female) took place at the female convict prison. Of
the 102 deaths in the Parish of Hammersmith 98 (males 63 and
females 35) took place at the West London Hospital and 4
(males) at the convict prison Wormwood Scrubbs.