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52 Deaths In Institutions.
DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
The 806 (780*) deaths registered in the local Public Institutions included 374 of persons
not belonging to the Borough. In institutions outside the Borough, 146 (154) deaths of
residents occurred. The total number of residents dying in public institutions was 578 (593).
The principal causes of death are given in Table IIIa, Appendix.
The deaths in institutions last vear constituted 29.4 per cent, of all deaths of residents
compared with 28.8 in 1904, 29.4 in 1903 and 1902, and 22.2 in 1901—or an average of
26.8 per cent, for the four years.
The proportions of deaths in institutions of residents of the different wards to all deaths
varied from 22.5 per cent, in Maida Vale Ward to 35.2 per cent, in Church. The proportions
for each Ward for the past three years are given below :—
Wards. 1905 1904 1903 Wards. 1905 1904 1903
Queen's Park 31.1 26.0 34.5 Church 35.2 35.4 35.1
Harrow Road 26.5 28.8 24.0 Lancaster Gate (West) 27.2 22.0 25.4
Maida Vale 22.5 27.3 27.0 „ (East) 20.3 19.6 15.0
Westbourne . 31.3 27.0 29.7 Hyde Park 25.0 25.9 31.1
Grouping the institutions according to sources of revenue, it appears that 19.3 per cent,
of the deaths recorded therein took place in those maintained out of the rates, and 10.1 per
cent, in those depending on voluntary contributions. A further classification according to
the special characteristics of the institutions is appended :—
Rate-maintained—
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 13 (27) deaths, equal to 0.6 (1.2) percent, of all deaths.
Poor Law Workhouses and Infirmaries 318 (321) „ „ 16.2 (15.9) „ „
Lunatic Asylums 49 (46) „ „ 2.5 (2.2) „ „
Supported by Voluntary Contributions—
Hospitals and Homes (but not private
nursing homes) 199 (188) „ „ 10.1 (9.3) „ „
* Figures for 1904 shown thus.