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Paddington 1914

Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)

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56 appendix : records of inquests held.

TABLE VIII.Records of Inquests held.

Finding.0-1-5-15-25-45-65-75-
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
Totals.
By Misadventure1909-1379132......2124531...12
„ „1914-1834......222...54652......1
Accidental Causes1909-131613131025765281127181113817
„ „1914-181810271528121673130492423261837
Suicides1909-134415132211711...
1914-1832111626107...2...
Murder, Manslaughter1909-1322.....................5..................
„ „1914-1821.........1......14...............1
" Open "1909-1352............2151441.........
1914-18811121121471051523
"Neglect"1909-1312..................4657121...
1914-1836.........1......8759211...
Annual Averages.
By Misadventure1909-1312010......021110...00
„ „1914-1811......000...11110......0
Accidental Causes1909-133332511162542323
„ „1914-1842536231661055538
Suicide1909-13113342100...
1914-181123521...0...
Index Numbers: 1914-18.
By Misadventure434400100??042100120167200...050
Accidental Causes11277207150112171267140111273181133209200250218
Suicide755073123118911000200...

TABLE IX. Deaths in Institutions. Persons: All ages.

Year.Local Institutions. (Uncorrected.)Outlying Institutions.Corrected Totals.Equal to per cent of Corrected Deaths.
Totals.Workhouse.Infirmary.St. Mary's Hospital.Children's Hospital.Lock Hospital.Home of Compassion.Women's Hospital for Children.Totals.M.A.B. Hospitals.General Hospitals.Special Hospitals and Homes.Lunatic Asylums.Poor Law Institutions.
(a)(b)(c)
190478066261360921...15427433146758229.89
190580691233387914...14613483149557829.47
190677548266356987...172354538431159732.39
190777022325332883...205276036592365532.52
19088255731635191...10187305943421366234.91
1909813962533628859193254942572062831.97
1910808105270310104811160166626411163235.20
19118541052933835698196455129591266534.52
1912798119275304955211299034461267738.23
19138901393063399961252569334561378939.86
191479112330127375811265398248752175940.05
191592215539226990115286418253911989439.10
1916857119367236109188250235354962479942.50
191781512437819097179293397959971985841.85
1918726104(d)262(d)216105291050537864413520395142.28
Averages 1904-879157280357923173265136481261531.60
1909-138331132793408876202347033521367835. 94
1914-1882212534023795178320367652995785241.13

(а) Opened in 1908; Closed in 1912.
(b) In-patients first received Autumn, 1913.
(c) Including Sanatoria.
(d) Taken over by War Office November, 1918.