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74
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
There were 73 deaths in outlying institutions, as
comparer) with 63 during the year 1894, 44 were of
males and 29 of females.
In the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary
27 of the deaths occurred, being equal to 36.9 per cent.
of the total deaths in outlying institutions. 40 or 54.8
per cent. in the general and special hospitals of the
Metropolis. 3 or 4.1 per cent. in the hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and a like number elsewhere
(1—L. B. & S. C. Railway, Battersea; 1—South
Side, Clapham Common; 1—Lake, Victoria Park).
In the seven following deaths from violence, inquests
were held by the coroners of the various districts in
which the deaths occurred:—
Male Injuries on Railway.
Male Run over by Cab.
Male Fracture of Jaw.
Female Burns.
Female Syncope from deficient Respiration during
the administration of an anæsthetic.
Male Burns.
Male Drowned.
The usual table of mortality statistics following on
the next page includes all deaths registered as occurring
within the sub-district.