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[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 Infirmary | 451 | 266 | 717 |
Lambeth Infirmary | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Holborn Infirmary | — | 1 | 1 |
Bethnal Green Infirmary | 1 | — | 1 |
City Infirmary, Bromley | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Camberwell Infirmary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
St. Pancras Infirmary | 1 | — | 1 |
Bermondsey Infirmary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Wandsworth Infirmary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Greenwich Infirmary | 1 | – | 1 |
Cane Hill Asylum | 11 | 6 | 17 |
Dartford Asylum | 12 | 5 | 17 |
Horton Asylum | 18 | 5 | 23 |
Caterham Asylum | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Banstead Asylum | 11 | 15 | 26 |
Norwood Asylum | – | 1 | 1 |
Friern Barnet Asylum | 2 | – | 2 |
Tooting Bee Asylum | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Leavesden Asylum | 2 | — | 2 |
Hendon Asylum | — | 1 | 1 |
Carried forward | 523 | 316 | 844 |