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Fulham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse.
In 190G the deaths of 509 persons occurred in the Infirmary,
and of 33 in the Workhouse. Of these 390 belonged
to Fulham and 152 to other districts.
Western Fever Hospital.
In the Western Fever Hospital there were 181 deaths, of
which 42 belonged to Fulham and 139 to other Metropolitan
Boroughs.
Deaths occurring outside the Borough among persons
belonging thereto.
The deaths of residents in Fulham in public institutions
and elsewhere outside the Borough numbered 327, and
occurred in the following places: —
TABLE XXVI.
| Deaths from natural causes | 103 |
| Deaths through accident or misadventure-Run Over | 9 |
| Falls | 19 |
| Burns or Scalds | 10 |
| Drowning | 1 |
| Suffocation | 2 |
| Overlying in bed | 18 |
| Want of attention at birth | 10 |
| Surgical narcosis | 2 |
| Food poisoning | 2 |
| Other injuries | 10 |
| 83 | |
| Suicide— Poison | 5 |
| Gunshot | 1 |
| Cut throat | 3 |
| 9 | |
| Homicide | 1 |
| Open Verdict— Found Drowned | 5 |
| Newly born infants found dead | 3 |
| 8 | |
| 204 |