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DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
TABLE 29.
Inquests.
Findings of the Juries.
1914.
1913.
1909-13.
m.
f.
M.
f.
M.
f.
Natural Causes
41
37
59
50
42
31
Misadventure
7
5
5
7
6
5
Accidents
41
29
34
16
27
19
Murder
1
1
_
4
0
1
Suicide
18
6
13
7
10
6
"Neglect"
5
7
5
6
2
3
"Open"
7
7
6
2
4
2
Totals
120
92
122
72
9V
67
* Including 2 deaths by execution in 1909.
DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
The deaths taking place in the local institutions decreased from 890 in 1913 to 791* last
year. In 1912 the number of such deaths was 798. During the five years 1909-13 the average
annual number was 833. (See Table VII., Appendix.) Particulars of the causes of death in
the different institutions will be found in Table VIII. Appendix. The total of 791 deaths
included 326 of non-residents of the Borough. In outlying institutions there were 265 deaths
of residents of the Borough, an increase of 63 above the annual average for the five years
1909-13.
The total number of residents dying in institutions of all classes (except private nursing
homes) was 759 last year, as compared with 789 in 1913 and 677 in 1912, and an annual average
of 678 for the five years 1909-13. Last year's total was equivalent to 40.0 per cent, of the
total number of deaths recorded, the corresponding figure for 1913 having been 399, and the
average for the years 1909-13, 35.9.†
The proportions of institutional deaths belonging to the various Wards are shown below,
as also are the percentages of deaths in the different classes of institutions.
Percentages of Deaths in Institutions of all Classes.
Queen's Harrow Maida West- Lancaster Gate, Hyde
Park. Road. Vale, bourne. Church. West. East. Park.
1914 42 4 36 .0 36. 8 37.9 52.5 22.4 22.2 34.5
1913 44.5 35.6 36.1 38.5 50.9 23.6 27.1 30.4
1909-13 39.6 32.9 31.9 35.2 47.7 22.3 20.7 30.2
Percentages of Deaths in Institutions of Different Classes.
Rate-supported Institutions. Voluntary Institutions
Poor Metropolitan Lunatic (excluding Nursing
Law. Asylums Board. Asylums. Homes).
1914 223 20 39 116
1913 22.2 2.8 2.8 12.0
1909.13 20.7 1.7 2.7 1.11
*There were in addition 34 deaths in the nursing homes in the Borough last year, as compared with 47 in
1918.
†The deaths of males in institutions numbered 387, or 419 per cent, of all deaths of males, and of
females, 372, equal to 38.2 per cent, of all deaths of females. In 1913 the percentages were —for males 44.8, and
for females 35.3.