London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Fulham 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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13.
coroners after inquest and 54 by coroners without inquest,
while one case was uncertified (fatty degeneration
of the heart).
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Fulham Hospital. In this institution there were
661 deaths, of whom 646 were Fulham residents, while
15 were persons belonging to other districts.
Western Hospital. The deaths of 133 persons
occurred in this Infectious Diseases Hospital, of whom
24 were residents of Fulham, while 109 were of persons
belonging to other districts.
Deaths of Fulham Residents outside the Borough.
The deaths of Fulham residents outside the Borough
numbered 343 and occurred in the following places.
St. George's Hospital 29
West London Hospital 24
Other General Hospitals 72
Children's Hospitals 14
Women's Hospitals 7
Other Special Hospitals 26
L.C.C. Special Hospitals (lately Hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board) 23
Public Assistance Hospitals 14
Lunatic Asylums 33
Sanatoria 9
Nursing Homes, private houses and elsewhere
92
343
Of the deaths of Fulham persons, 55.05 per cent.
took place in Public Institutions, as follows:—
Per cent.
660 deaths in workhouses or workhouse infirmaries 39.44
47 deaths in Infectious Diseases Hospitals 2.80
181 deaths in Other Hospitals 10.81
33 deaths in Public Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums 1.97