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2.—The French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue.
There were 47 deaths in this Institution during the
year, against an average mortality of 36 for the 6 years
during which the hospital has been opened.
Forty of the deaths in 1896 were non-parishioners
from outlying districts.
Half of the deaths were caused from diseases of the
lungs and air passages.
There was no zymotic death.
3—The British Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street.
There were 4 deaths in the hospital during 1896, 1
mother and 3 children.
The Hospital Staff report that during the year 202
women have been delivered in the wards, with one maternal
death, viz., a poor woman from St. Marylebone parish, get.
23, died from" heart failure after Caesarean Section." In
this case medical assistance was not sought until exhaustion
had set in, and the chances of successful operative
delivery seriously reduced. The total number of children
born was 204; of these 3 died shortly after birth from
debility and premature birth.
In the Out-patient Department 333 women were
delivered safely; 13 of the infants were born dead.
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