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1931] 22
Without the Borough.— 895 deaths of persons belonging to Islington
were registered as occurring in Public Institutions in districts of London outside
the Borough and in various provincial towns. They included, among others,
26 in the North.Western Fever Hospital, 31 in the Children's Hospital, Great
Ormond Street, 88 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 18 in the Infirmary, Friern
Barnet, 61 in the Royal Free Hospital, 50 in the University College Hospital, 20
in the North.Eastern Fever Hospital, 8 in the Eastern Fever Hospital, 22 in the
Middlesex Hospital, 11 in the City of London Maternity Hospial, 20 in the
Metropolitan Hospital, and 43 in St. Pancras Infirmary.
These 895 deaths represented 21.8 per cent. of all the deaths registered in
the year.
Within and Without the Borough.— The deaths of Islingtonians
numbered 2,524 and were equal to 61.5 per cent. of the total deaths registered
during the year.
Fatal Accidents or Sudden Deaths outside the Borough.—
64 inhabitants died from accidental deaths, or suddenly, in places outside Islington.
During the previous year (1930) the total deaths in Local Institutions numbered
2,326, being 1,570 inhabitants of Islington in Local Institutions, plus 756
non.inhabitants of Islington in Local Institutions, the number in Islington
Infirmary being 1,142, the number in the Royal Northern Hospital 113. The
deaths of inhabitants of Islington in Institutions outside the Borough were 851.
The total deaths of Islingtonians in all Institutions were 2,421, and the proportion
per 100 deaths from all causes equalled 01.5.
Transferable Deaths.— During the year 40 deaths of residents that had
occurred in outlying Institutions and other places in Provincial Boroughs were
transferred by the Registrar.General to Islington.
MORTALITY FROM THE PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Fevers—
Typhus, Enteric and Continued— and Diarrheal Diseases.
During the year 68 persons died from these diseases, the death.rate being
0.21 per 1,000 inhabitants, as contrasted with 0.08 in the corresponding period
last year, and a decennial average mortality of 207 and a death.rate of 0.62 per
1,000.
In London the death.rate from the epidemic disease was 0.45.
Locally the deaths in the Sub.Registration Districts and Wards were as
follows:—