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10
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough for the year under
consideration, was 3.240, of which 1,686 were males and 1,554 females.
This shows a reduction of more than 20 per cent. on the average death.
rate for the last ten years.
Of the 3,240 deaths registered in the sub-districts of the Borough,
913 occurred in the Poor-Law institutions, the various hospitals, and
other public places for the treatment of the sick found within our
boundaries. These deaths in institutions comprised 329 belonging to
Southwark, and 584 to other boroughs of the Metropolis. The various
localities in which the "outlying" deaths occurred are shown in the
following table.
The number of inhabitants belonging to the Borough dying away
from home—that is, outside our boundaries in the various hospitals
and infirmaries—was 1,086. Of this very large number as many as 640
died in the Southwark Infirmary at Champion Hill. The remainder, with
but few exceptions, died at the large public hospitals.
The percentage of persons dying away from home in relation to the
total number of deaths occurring in the Borough was 29.0.