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Islington 1909

Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1909] 108
Of the 1,055 deaths of inhabitants, 755 occurred in the Islington Infirmary,
156 in the Islington Workhouses, and 113 in the Great Northern Central
Hospital. The proportion which the 1,055 deaths bore to the borough mortality
was 30.6 per cent.
Without the Borough.—770 deaths of persons belonging to Islington
were registered as occurring in Public Institutions in districts of London
outside the Borough. They included, among others, 46 in the North-Eastern
Fever Hospital, 70 in the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, 91 in St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, 38 in the Colney Hatch Asylum, 42 in the Royal
Free Hospital, 41 in University College Hospital, and 28 in Claybury Asylum.
These 770 deaths represented 15'6 per cent. of all the deaths registered
in the year.
Within and Without the Borough.—The deaths of Islingtonians in
Public Institutions numbered 1,790, and were equal to 36'4 per cent. of the total
deaths registered during the year.
Fatal accidents or sudden deaths outside the Borough.—
Thirty-five inhabitants died from accidental deaths, or suddenly, in places
outside Islington.

Table: Table LXXIII.Showing the Deaths of Inhabitants in Local Institutions and Institutions outside the Borough, also the Deaths of Non-Inhabitants m Local Institutions during the years 1899-1908 and in 1909.

Table LXXIII.Showing the Deaths of Inhabitants in Local Institutions and Institutions outside the Borough, also the Deaths of Non-Inhabitants m Local Institutions during the years 1899-1908 and in 1909.

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).
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18991,6729936797721365931,58625.2
19001,5649905747791245531,54326.9
19011,3949034916031246301,53328.6
19021,5319096225871307371,64629.2
19031,4679125556541226271,53931.8
19041,6199876327191325891,57630.1
19051,5269625646801266191,58131.9
19061,5749556197171066481,60331.5
19071,6751,0825937601306561.73834.2
19081,5651,0155507501206841,69936.3
Average1,5599715887021256331,60432.6
19091,6721,0556177551137351,79036.4