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10
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough for the year under
consideration, was 3.746, of which 2,015 were males and 1,731 females.
This shows a reduction of more than 15.0 per cent. on the average deathrate
for the last ten years.
Of the 3,746 deaths registered in the sub-districts of the Borough,
1,116 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 406 belonging to
Southwark, and 710 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 1,133. Of this very large number as many as 662
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 27.1.