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Vital Statistics.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Of the 377 nett deaths assignable to the District, 102, or 271
per cent, occurred in Public Institutions. In England and Wales,
25'6 per cent, of the total deaths, and in London, 48-7 per cent, of
the deaths occurred in Public Institutions.
Of the 262 "residents" who died in the District, 11 died in an
Institution, viz., the Isolation Hospital.
Of the 115 "residents" whose death occurred outside the
District, 91 died in Public Institutions, 52 of them dying in the
Richmond Poor-law Institution, and 39 in other Institutions beyond
the District (namely, 30 in General and Special Hospitals, 4 in
Mental Hospitals, and 5 in Poor-law Institutions).
Inquests.
Inquests were held in respect of 26, or 6.9 per cent, of the 377
deaths assignable to the District. The causes of death in these
cases were as follows:—
Deaths from suicide 4
Violent deaths, excluding suicide 10
Deaths from natural causes 12
Infantile Mortality.
The deaths of infants under 1 year of age numbered 29, representing
a rate of Infantile Mortality of 51 per 1,000 registered
births, the Infantile Mortality rate for England and Wales being.
77 and for London 74 per 1,000 registered births for the corresponding
period.
Infantile Mortality has steadily declined during the past
twenty years, and, although many factors have contributed in
effecting the marked decrease which has occurred in the number of
deaths annually of infants under 1 year of age, the very gratifying
fall in the death-rate is largely a direct consequence of the
excellent work performed in connection with the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres and by Health Visitors in their home
visiting.