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4.2
Mortality.— The total number of deaths returned
as having taken place in this sub-district was 1,222—
615 of males and 607 of females, the former being 8 in
excess of the latter. Besides the above number 1 death
was returned without age or sex and is not included in
the total. In 1881 1,195 were returned, there is therefore
an increase of 27 on that year. Of the 1,222,
259 occurred in public institutions, viz., 248 in the
Infirmary, 10 in the Bolingbroke Hospital, and 1 in St.
James' Industrial Schools. Of the deaths in the
Infirmary, 115 belonged to Battersea as a whole,
leaving 133 to be distributed amongst the other
parishes forming the Union. The 248 deaths in the
Infirmary are 32 in excess of the previous year, when
216 took place. This excess is two above the increase
of the year's mortality as compared with 1881, so that
with respect to the out-door district it may be said that
the mortality has continued about the same.
The 115 belonging to Battersea as a whole have
been taken into account when calculating the deathrate
of the whole parish.
Deducting the 248 Infirmary deaths 974 will be the
correct number for this out-door sub-district.*
In the Bolingbroke Hospital, which has now
become one of our local institutions and is doing
excellent work and supplying a want long felt, 10
deaths occurred; these deaths are included in the
general calculations.
The deaths of 51 illegitimate children were registered
during the year.
The number of deaths registered in each quarter
of the year was as follows :—
First Second Third Fourth
Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter.
315 264 277 367
* Out-door with referenc* to Infirmary.