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DEATHS.
2,140 deaths were registered in the sub.districts of the Borough
during 1922.
17 of these deaths were of persons residing in other sanitary districts,
but who died in our streets or on the way to hospitals.
890 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 372
belonging to Southwark and 518 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 1,290.
When the 535 deaths of those persons who were non.parishioners,
but who died in our Borough, have been deducted, and the 1,290 "outlying"
deaths added, the actual or "corrected" number of deaths
belonging to the sanitary area is found to be 2,895 of which number
1,610 were males and 1,285 females.
The death.rate when calculated on this " corrected" number is 15'5
per 1,000 inhabitants for the whole Borough for the year 1922, as against
a rate of 14 3 for 1921.
The percentage of persons dying away from Southwark in relation to
the total number of deaths belonging to the Borough was 44'6.
The various localities in which the "outlying" deaths occurred are
shown in the following table.