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26 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of deaths in out-lying Institutions was 1,066,
553 of males and 513 of females, compared with 940 in 1912, 989 in
1911, and 812 in 1910.
500 of these deaths occurred in Workhouses and Workhouse
Infirmaries, compared with 437 in 1912; 425 in General and Special
Hospitals, compared with 393 in 1912; 105 in Public Lunatic or
Imbecile Asylums, compared with 89 in 1912; and 36 in the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals, compared with 21 in
1912.
The hospitals, asylums, etc., in which these deaths occurred
are shown in detail on Table XC., on page 190.
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 3,588, 1,729
of males, and 1,859 of females, an increase of 297 compared with
1912, but a decrease of 296 compared with the corrected decennial
average.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.95 compared
with 10.48 in 1912, 12.25 in 1911, 10.34 in 1910, and 12.09 the rate
for the 10 years 1903-1912.
Table XVI. shows the total number of deaths and the deathrates
for each sub-district and for the whole Borough, corrected
and uncorrected for deaths in Public Institutions.
The death-rate for the whole of London for the year was 14.2
per 1,000, compared with 13.96 in 1912, 15.8 in 1911, 13.65 in 1910,
and 15.09 the decennial average.