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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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PUBLIC MORTUARY.
211 bodies were removed to the Mortuary during the year,
and were admitted as follows:—
At the request of the Coroner 184
Brought in by the Police 21
At the request of the Medical Officer of Health 6
211
Inquests were held on 206 and post-mortem examinations
were made in 93 of the above cases.
TABLE XXIV.
| FULHAM. | LONDON. | |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in workhouses and workhouse infirmaries | 16.6 | 18.1 |
| Deaths in Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Deaths in other hospitals | 9.4 | 12.7 |
| Deaths in public lunatic and imbecile asylums | 2.7 | 2.8 |
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