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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of deaths in out-lying: Institutions was 897,
481 of males and 416 of females, compared with 783 in 1908, 739
in 1907, 731 in 1906, and 689 in 1905.
436 of these deaths occurred in Workhouses and Workhouse
Infirmaries, compared with 326 in 1908; 447 in General and
Special Hospitals, 92 of which occurred in Public Lunatic or
Imbecile Asylums, compared with 433 in 1908; and 14 in the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals, compared with 14 in
1908.
Of the 447 deaths in General and Special Hospitals, 77
occurred in St. Thomas's Hospital, 40 in Bolingbroke Hospital,
seven in Belgrave Hospital, 14 in Victoria Hospital, seven
in St. George's Hospital, 23 in Westminster Hospital, 11 in
Guy's Hospital, 22 in Long Grove Asylum, it in Horton Asylum,
15 in Banstead Asylum, 18 in Charing- Cross Hospital, 13 in Cane
Hill Asylum, nine in Middlesex Hospital, and 11 in West London
Hospital.
In the South Western Hospital of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, there were 14 deaths, one from Scarlet Fever, three from
Diphtheria, four from Diarrhoea, two from Enteric Fever, and four
from other causes.
The number of deaths in these and other Institutions outside
the Borough is shown on Table XII.
The corrected number of deaths after adding the deaths of
persons belonging- to the Borough and subtracting those of
persons dying- in the Borough and not belonging thereto, was
3,520, 1,723 of males and 1,797 females, an increase of 148
compared with 1908, but a decrease of 655 compared with the
corrected decennial average.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.38, compared
with 10.25 in 1908, 10.67 in 1907, 11.15 in 1906, 11.61 in 1905,
12.93 in 1904, 12.24 in 1903, 13.43 in 1902, and 15.33 in 1901.
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