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Respiratory System.—The diseases of the Respiratory organs (phthisis being excluded),
were accountable for 537 deaths (21 more than in 1904, and 21.4 per cent. on total deaths); 443 in
the Town sub-district and 94 in Brompton—as compared with 626, 482, and 516, in the three
preceding years. The principal causes were Bronchitis 230 deaths, and Pneumonia, in one or other
of its forms, 239 deaths. The deaths under five years of age were 184, or 34.3 per cent. of the
total number, as compared with 31.8, 38.1, and 30.6, per cent. in the three preceding years; and
at 55 and upwards, 252, or 46.9 per cent., against 44.9, 43.1, and 47.9, in the three preceding years.
Bronchitis and Pneumonia were accountable for 469 deaths (including 175 under five years of age),
of which 82 were registered in the Brompton sub-district.
Digestive System.—The diseases of the Digestive System were accountable for 163 deaths;
114 and 49 in the Town and Brompton sub-districts, respectively; 42 of them under five years of
age. The chief causes were Cirrhosis of the Liver 19 deaths, Other Diseases of the Liver and Gall
Bladder 26 deaths, Intestinal Obstruction 20, Enteritis 26, Gastric Ulcer 9, and Appendicitis 17.
Urinary System.— Ninety-nine deaths were due to diseases of the urinary system; 69 and
30 in the Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively; Chronic Bright's Disease (Albuminuria),
being the cause of 65 deaths, Bladder and Prostate Disease of 16, and Other Diseases of the
Urinary System, of 16.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
One hundred deaths, including 22 under five years of age, and 16 under one year, were
caused by violence; 71 belong to the Town sub-district, and 29 to Brompton.
Accident or Negligence occasioned 78 deaths; 57 in the Town sub-district, and 21 in Brompton;
22 of them under five years of age, and 16 under one year. Fractures and Contusions were
responsible for 40 deaths, Burn, Scald, for 8, and Suffocation for 14—of which 11 were of infants
under one year.
Suicide accounted for 22 deaths; 14 and 8 in the Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively;
from Gun Shot Wounds 1, Cut, Stab 1, Poison 7, Drowning 2, Hanging 5 and otherwise 6.
Ill-defined and Not specified Causes of death were returned in 66 cases; 56 in the Town subdistrict
and 10 in Brompton: 62 were certified due to Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, 60 of them of
infants under one year.
DEATHS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The only large public institution in which we are directly interested is the Poor-law infirmary
located in the Town sub-district. There are several public institutions, at which the
deaths are mainly of non-parishioners; viz., St. Marylebone Infirmary, St. Luke's House for the
dying, Pembridge Square, the Jubilee Hospital at Brompton, the Brompton Consumption Hospital,
and St. Joseph's House, Portobello Road, Notting Hill, a Roman Catholic Home for aged poor
persons of both sexes. The deaths of non-parishioners at St. Marylebone Infirmary (508), at the
Brompton Consumption Hospital (56) at St. Luke's House (52), at the Jubilee Hospital (16), at Kensington
Children's Hospital, Church Street (2), and at St. Joseph's House (21) are excluded from our
statistics. The deaths of parishioners registered at the Infirmary and Workhouse (553), at the
Consumption Hospital (2), at St. Marylebone Infirmary (1), at the Jubilee Hospital (1), at Kensington
Children's Hospital (5), at St. Luke's House (3), at St. Joseph's House (2) and at outlying
public institutions (296), aggregate 863; or 34.4 per cent. of total deaths.