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8
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough in the year under
consideration, was 3.765, of which 2,018 were males and 1,747 females.
Of the 3,765 deaths registered in the sub-districts of the Borough, 900
occurred in the Poor-Law institutions, the various hospitals, and other
public places for the treatment of the sick found within our boundaries.
These deaths in institutions comprised 330 belonging to Southwark, and
570 to other boroughs of the Metropolis. The various localities in which
the "outlying" deaths occurred are shown in the following table. The
number of inhabitants belonging to the Borough dying away from
home—that is, outside our boundaries in the various hospitals and
infirmaries -was 1,300. Of this very large number as many as 700 died
in the Southwark Infirmary at Champion Hill. The remainder, with but
few exceptions, died at the large public hospitals.
The percentage of persons dying away from home in relation to the
total number of deaths occurring in the Borough was 28.9.