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St Giles (Camden) 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897
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82
Deaths in Hospitals, Lunatic Asylums, Workhouses,
Infirmaries, and Sick Asylums
(situated outside the District).
From the returns furnished to me weekly from the
Registrar-General's Office, Somerset House, the deaths of
parishioners at Public Institutions outside the district,
which in the three preceding years had been 272, 216, and
196 respectively, were 215 in 1896.
The deaths occurred at the following institutions, viz.:—
| Public Institution. | Number of Deaths. | Public Institution. | Number of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street | 67 | Brought forward | 177 |
| Western Fever Hospital | 6 | Royal (Children's) Hospital | 1 |
| North-Western Hospital | 4 | Friedenhe'im Home | 1 |
| South-Western Hospital | 1 | Incurable (Children's Hospital) | 1 |
| Homerton Fever Hospital | 1 | St. George's Hospital | 1 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 13 | Cancer Hospital | 1 |
| King's College Hospital | 31 | Ilford Asylum | 1 |
| University College Hospital | 10 | Leavesden Asylum | 2 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 21 | Cane Hill Asylum | 3 |
| Children's (Great Ormond Street) Hospital | 4 | Darenth Asylum | 2 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 4 | ||
| Consumptive (Brompton) Hospital | 2 | Colney Hatch Asylum | 4 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 4 | Caterham Asylum | 5 |
| Royal Chest Hospital | 3 | Banstead Asylum | 2 |
| Home (Fitzroy Square) Hospital | 1 | Peckham House Asylum | 1 |
| Womens' (Soho) Hospital St. Thomas's Hospital | 1 | Licensed Victualler's Asylum | 1 |
| 1 | Strand Infirmary | 1 | |
| Royal Free Hospital | 2 | St. Saviour's Infirmary | 1 |
| German Hospital | 1 | St. Pancras Infirmary | 2 |
| Guy's Hospital | 2 | St. Marylebone Infirmary | 1 |
| Evelina Hospital | 1 | Public Way | 3 |
| Westminster Hospital | 1 | ||
| Carried forward | 177 | Total | 215 |
Fourteen of the deaths were from infectious diseases
and occurred at the following hospitals, viz.:—Homerton 1,
South-Western Fever 1, Western Fever 5, North-Western
Fever 4, Charing Cross 2, and University College 1.