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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
There were 63 deaths in outlying institutions comparer]
with 61 during the previous year, 26 were of males and
37 of females, being 4T2 and 58.8 per cent. respectively
of the total deaths.
In the Wandsworth and Clapliam Union Infirmary
21 deaths or 33.3 per cent. of the total deaths occurred,
39 or 61.9 per cent. in the: general and special hospitals
and 3 or 4.8 per cent. in the hospitals and institutions
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
The deaths of those under 5 years of age numbered
13, being 30 6 per rent. of the total deaths, and those
above 65 years a like number and percentage.
In the four cases of death from violence, inquests
were held with the following verdicts :—
Accidental:—
Female. Run over by vehicle.
Male. Fall down well of staircase.
Male. Hun over on railway.
Male. Fall whilst jumping from cart.
The usual table of statistics of mortality is given in
Table III. on the next page.