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The Infirmary has been enlarged recently, by the addition
of extensive buildings fronting upon Marloes Road, and is
now, probably, second to none in accommodation, or otherwise,
among the Poor Law Infirmaries of the Metropolis.
The Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of
the Chest.—The deaths at this institution, or rather in that
part of it—the original hospital—situated in Kensington (a
" South Wing " having been established on the farther side
of the Fulham Road, in the parish of Chelsea), were 136 ;
males 77, and females 59. Five of the deaths were of
parishioners, and are included in Table III. (Appendix): the
remaining deaths, of non-parishioners, are excluded from
that Table.
Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill.—At this
Hospital, which is under the control of the Guardians of the
Poor of the Parish of St. Marylebone, 456 deaths of nonparishioners
were registered, all of which are excluded from
Table III.
St. Joseph's House, Portobello Road.—The deaths
at this quasi-public institution, with a few exceptions of
parishioners, are not included in Table III. (Appendix).
They were 27 in number; males, 7 ; females, 20. Some
of the deceased had previously resided in Ireland, some in
London, and the remainder in the provinces and abroad.
Outlying Public Institutions.—The deaths of
parishioners at public institutions, &c. outside the parish,
which, in the preceding three years, had been 211, 247, and
236, respectively, were no fewer than 312 in 1893. In Table
III. (Appendix) all of these deaths are included. The deaths
occurred in the following institutions, viz.:—