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Certification of the Causes of Death.
Of the 2,179 deaths registered, 1,984 or 91 per cent, were
certified by registered medical practitioners and 194 by the
Coroner after inquest, only one death being uncertified.
Inquests.
In 108 inquests the death was returned as due to natural
causes, and in 80 to some form of violence.
The accidental deaths have been already classified and those
due to natural causes may be classified as follows:—
TABLE XLVII.
Zymotic diseases
9
Tubercular „
7
Respiratory „
28
Circulatory „
24
Convulsions and other diseases of the
nervous system
12
Other diseases
28
108
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse.
Although the two boroughs, Fulham and Hammersmith,
which formerly constituted the Fulham Union, are now
separated for poor law purposes, the poor of Hammersmith are
still, by an arrangement between the Board of Guardians,
received into this institution.
In 1901, the deaths of 493 persons occurred in the Infirmary
and 10 in the Workhouse. Of these, 263 were parishioners
of Fulham and 240 to Hammersmith and other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
166 deaths occurred in the Western Fever Hospital. Of
these, 44 belonged to Fulham and 122 to other metropolitan
boroughs.