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ventilated dwellings, and physical fatigue associated with under
nourishment are rendered more susoeptible to the attacks of the
above diseases, and when attacked are more prone to succumb.
When we turn to diseases that would not be affected with the
conditions named, we find that an abnormal toll is not levied on the
South-West Ward. Out of 48 deaths from Cancer, belonged to
the Ward, and 17 out of 43 deaths from Heart Disease. From
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver there were only 3 deaths in
the South-West Ward as compared with twice that number in the
North-West Ward.
One of the most marked features in the death returns is the
increased percentage of deaths in public institutions. The death
returns of Acton residents who had died in public institutions outside
the district were first obtained in 1905. In that year 119
deaths or a percentage of 19 of the total deaths occurred in public
institutions. Last year the number was 164, or a percentage of 23
of the total deaths.
The following list gives the names of the institutions together
with the number of deaths in each:—
Fever Hospital 18
Cottage Hospital 13
Isleworth Infirmary 82
West London Hospital 13
Middlesex County Asylum 8
St. Mary's Hospital 4
St. George's Hospital 4
Cancer Hospital, Chelsea 3
Children's Hospital, Great Ormonde Street 3
Victoria Hospital 3
Queen Victoria Hospital, Bethnal Green 2
Middlesex Hospital 1
King's College Hospital 1
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1
Chelsea Hospital for Women 1
New Hospital for Women 1
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 1
National Hospital j