London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1913] 104
Of the 1,361 deaths of inhabitants, 980 occurred in the Islington
Infirmary, 231 in the Islington Workhouses and Schools, and 115 in the Great
Northern Central Hospital. The proportion which the 1,361 deaths bore to
the Borough mortality was 271 per cent.
Without the Borough.—844 deaths of persons belonging to Islington
were registered as occurring in Public Institutions in districts of London outside
the Borough. They included, among others, 49 in the North-Eastern
Fever Hospital, 60 in the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, 98 in
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 47 in the Colney Hatch Asylum, 54 in the Royal
Free Hospital, 54 in the University College Hospital, and 21 in Claybury
Asylum.
These 844 deaths represented 16.8 per cent. of all the deaths registered
in the year.
Within and without the Borough.—The deaths of Islingtonians in
Public Institutions numbered 2,205, and were equal to 43.8 per cent. of the
total deaths registered during the year.
Fatal accidents or sudden deaths outside the Borough.—
Ninety-two inhabitants died from accidental deaths, or suddenly, in places
outside Islington.