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7
DEATHS.
2,528 deaths were registered in the sub-districts of the Borough
during 1917.
30 of these deaths were of persons residing in other sanitary districts,
but who died in our houses, or in our'streets or on the way to hospitals.
1,163 deaths 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 598
belonging to Southwark and 565 to other sanitary districts.
The number of inhabitants belonging to the Borough dying away
from home—that is outside our boundaries in the various hospitals and
infirmaries—was 1,154.
When the 595 deaths of those persons who were non-parishioners,
but who died in our Borough, have been deducted, and the 1,154 " outlying"
deaths added, the actual or "corrected" number of deaths
belonging to the sanitary area is found to be 3,087, of which number
1,709 were males and 1,378 females.
The death-rate when calculated on this " corrected'' number is 18 3
per 1,000 inhabitants for the whole Borough for the year 1917, as against
a rate of 17.1 for 1916.
The percentage of persons dying away from Southwark in relation to
the total number of deaths belonging to the Borough was 37.3.
The various localities in which the "outlying" deaths occurred are
shown in the following table.