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Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899
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The Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of
the Chest.— In the Kensington portion of the Brompton
Hospital there were 146 deaths, including 5 of Kensington
parishioners which are included in Table III. (appendix), the
remaining deaths, of non-parishioners, being excluded from
our statistics.
St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill.— At
this institution, which is under the control of the Guardians
of the Poor of the parish of St. Marylebone, 521 deaths were
registered, all of which, except four of Kensington parishioners,
are excluded from our statistics.
St. Joseph's House, Notting Hill.— The deaths at
this quasi-public institution, with the exception of 11 of
parishioners, are excluded from our statistics. They were
47 in number: viz., males, 18; females, 29. Some of the
deceased persons 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., without the parish,
which in the three preceding years, successively, had numbered
353, 333, and 286, were 321 in 1899. All of these
deaths are included in our statistics. The deaths occurred at
the several institutions as follows:—