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These deaths in public institutions are in Finsbury mainly
"transferable" deaths, that is, deaths of persons who, having a
fixed or usual residence in England or Wales, die in a district
other than that in which they usually reside.
Persons who die in Institutions for the sick or infirm (saving
almshouses) are regarded as residents of the district in which
they had a fixed or usual residence at the time of admission. If
the person dying in an Institution had no fixed residence when
admitted, his death is not transferable, and is accredited to the
district in which the Institution is situated. If the patient has
been transferred from one Institution to another, the death is
accredited to the district of residence at the time of admission to
the first Institution. The deaths of infants born and dying within
a year of birth in an Institution to which the mother was
admitted for her confinement are referred to the district of fixed
or usual residence of the parent.
Deaths from violence are referred :—
(a) To the district of residence.
(b) If this is unknown, or if the deceased had no fixed abode,
to the district where the accident occurred, if known.
(c) Failing this, to the district where death occurred, if known.
(d) Failing this, to the district where the body was found.
These are the rules of the Registrar General. Let us see how
they operate in practice.
1. A male 28 years died in February, 1911, at Folkestone. He
had given a Finsbury address and his death was therefore being
accredited to Finsbury. On enquiry it was found that the
deceased had never lived in the Borough—the address given was a
business address only. No one lived on the premises. His permanent
address was refused.
2. A male 54 years died in the West Ham Hospital. He had
given a Finsbury address where he had lived for six months prior