Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1910]
98
Fever Hospital, 58 in the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, 82 in St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, 29 in the Colney Hatch Asylum, 55 in the Royal
Free Hospital, 68 in the University College Hospital, and 19 in Claybury
Asylum.
These 681 deaths represented 15.0 per cent. of all the deaths registered
in the year.
Within and without the Borough.—The deaths of Islingtonians in
Public Institutions numbered 1,801, and were equal to 39.8 per cent. of the
total deaths registered during the year.
Fatal accidents or sudden deaths outside the Borough —
Twenty-nine inhabitants died from accidental deaths, or suddenly, in places
outside Islington.
Table LXI.
Years, | Total Deaths in Local Institutions cols. 3 and 4). | Inhabitants of Islington in Local Institutions. | Non-Inhabitants of Islington in Local Institutions. | Inhabitants in Islington Infirmary. | Inhabitants of Islington in G.N.C. Hospital. | Inhabitants of Islington in Institutions outside the Borough. | Total Deaths of Inhabitants in all Institutions (cols. 3 and 7). | Proportion per 100 deaths from all causes (col. 8). |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
1900 | 1,564 | 990 | 574 | 779 | 124 | 553 | 1,543 | 26.9 |
1901 | 1,394 | 903 | 491 | 603 | 124 | 630 | 1,533 | 28.6 |
1902 | 1,531 | 909 | 622 | 587 | 130 | 737 | 1,646 | 29.2 |
1903 | 1,467 | 912 | 555 | 654 | 122 | 627 | 1,539 | 31.8 |
1904 | 1,619 | 987 | 632 | 719 | 132 | 589 | 1,576 | 30.1 |
1905 | 1,526 | 962 | 564 | 680 | 126 | 619 | 1,581 | 31.9 |
1906 | 1.574 | 955 | 619 | 717 | I06 | 648 | 1,603 | 31.5 |
1907 | 1.675 | 1,082 | 593 | 760 | 1 | 656 | 1,738 | 34.2 |
1908 | 1.565 | 1,015 | 550 | 750 | 120 | 684 | 1,699 | 36.3 |
1909 | 1,672 | 1,055 | 617 | 755 | 113 | 735 | 1,790 | 36.4 |
Average | 1,559 | 977 | 582 | 700 | 123 | 648 | 1,625 | 31.6 |
1910 | 1,683 | 1,120 | 563 | 839 | 97 | 681 | 1,801 | 39.8 |