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Southwark 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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DEATHS.
Of the 3,397 deaths registered in the sub-districts of the Borough,
1,093 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 369 belonging to
Southwark, and 724 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 1,175. Of this very large number as many as 717
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 30'5.

TABLE 3.

Outlying Deaths, with Localities.

Males.Females.Total.
Southwark Infirmary451266717
Lambeth Infirmary437
Holborn Infirmary11
Bethnal Green Infirmary11
City Infirmary, Bromley426
Camberwell Infirmary112
St. Pancras Infirmary11
Bermondsey Infirmary112
Wandsworth Infirmary112
Greenwich Infirmary11
Cane Hill Asylum11617
Dartford Asylum12517
Horton Asylum18523
Caterham Asylum369
Banstead Asylum111526
Norwood Asylum11
Friern Barnet Asylum22
Tooting Bee Asylum426
Leavesden Asylum22
Hendon Asylum11
Carried forward523316844