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and age distributions is called the factor for correction for the particular
district; when the recorded death-rate is multiplied by the
factor for correction, the result is the corrected death-rate for that
district. The factor for correction for Acton is 1.04240.
There is an increased number of deaths of residents in
outside institutions. The increase was most marked in the case
of Isleworth Infirmary. The following list gives the names of the
institutions, together with the number of deaths in each:—
Isleworth Infirmary 82
West London Hospital 18
Middlesex County Asylum 10
St. Mary's Hospital 6
St. George's Hospital 4
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 2
University College Hospital 2
Great Ormond Street Hospital 2
St. Luke's House 2
Brompton Hospital 1
Royal Free Hospital 1
German Hospital 1
King's College Hospital 1
Chelsea Cancer Hospital 1
Paddington Children's Hospital 1
Victoria Children's Hospital 1
St. Pancras Workhouse 1
Hammersmith Infirmary 1
All Saints' House 1
Camberwell House Asylum 1
Marshall Aster's Works, Hammersmith 1
Ward Distribution.
Of the 82 deaths that occurred in Isleworth Infirmary, it was
impossible to trace the address from which 12 of the patients were
removed into the Infirmary. These persons had been in the