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11.
Certification of Causes of Death.-Of the 2,119
deaths registered, 1,919 or 90.56 per cent. were certified
by registered medical practitioners, 1*27 by coroners after
inquest and 73 by coroners without inquest.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Fulham Hospital:—The deaths of 782 persons
occurred in the Fulham Hospital, of whom 772 lived in
Fulham and 10 in other districts.
Western Fever Hospital:—In this institution there
were 140 deaths, of whom 26 were Fulham residents
while 114 were persons belonging to other districts.
Deaths occurring outside the Borough amorg persons
belonging thereto:—
The deaths of Fulham residents outside the Borough
numbered 394 and occurred in the following places : —
St. George's Hospital 45
West London Hospital 27
Other General Hospitals 92
Children's Hospitals 9
Women's Hospitals 8
Other Special Hospitals 34
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board 13
Poor Law Hospitals 2
Lunatic Asylums 19
Sanatoria 21
Nursing Homes, private houses and elsewhere
124
394
Of the deaths registered 1,068 or 50.4 per cent.
took place either in poor law institutions, in hospitals
or in public lunatic asylums, the percentages in the
various classes being as under:—
Per cent.
774 Deaths in Workhouses or Workhouse Infirmaries 36.5
39 „ ,, Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals 1.8
236 „ „ Other Hospitals 11.2
19 „ „ Public Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums 0.9