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25. Deaths in Public Institutions. Table I. shows the
actual number of deaths occurring in public institutions in
the Borough, viz.: 292, compared with 296, 289, 276, 272,
and 326, in the five preceding years. These deaths nearly
all occurred in the Poor Law Infirmary; they were 20.6 per
cent. of total deaths, compared with 19.4 and 18.8 in 1910.11.
Table IA. shows the institutions, inside and outside the
Borough, receiving sick and infirm persons belonging to the
Borough, and Table IV. shows the number of deaths from each
disease occurring in public institutions. Over one-third of
the total deaths occurred in the Infirmary or hospitals.
25a. Poor Law Statistics. The following figures from the
"Abstract" published by the Guardians of the Woolwich
Union have an interesting bearing on death and sickness
statistics. They comprise the half-year ending Lady Day,
1911:—
Average daily number of inmates in the Workhouse
(including Receiving Home and Furze
Lodge) 632
Do. patients in the Infirmary 274
Do. children in Cottage Homes 304
Number of vagrants relieved during the half-year 3,965
25b. Notification and Admission to Hospital of Infectious
Diseases. Information as to the occurrence of disease is
obtained partly by death returns, and partly by notifications
of illness. The former are received from the Registrars of
Births and Deaths ; the latter are made principally by medical
practitioners, but also by school teachers, and very occasionally
by other persons.
The following diseases were made compulsorily notifiable
by the Public Health (London) Act:—Small-pox, cholera,