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Respiratory System.—The diseases of the Respiratory organs (phthisis being excluded),
were accountable for 458 deaths (79 fewer than in 1905, and 18.3 per cent, on total deaths); 366 in
the Town sub.district and 92 in Brompton—as compared with 482, 516, and 537, in the three
preceding years. The principal causes were Bronchitis 190 deaths, and Pneumonia, in one or other
of its forms, 210 deaths. The deaths under five years of age were 141, or 30.8 per cent, of the
total number, as compared with percentages of 381, 30.6, and 34.3, in the preceding three years;
and at 55 and upwards 232, or 50.7 per cent., against 43 1, 47.9, and 46.9, in the preceding three
years. Bronchitis and Pneumonia were accountable for 400 deaths (including 128 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 154 deaths;
118 and 36 in the Town and Brompton sub.districts, respectively; 33 of them under five years of
age. The chief causes were Cirrhosis of the Liver 30 deaths, Other Diseases of the Liver and Gall
Bladder 20 deaths, Intestinal Obstruction 13, Enteritis 15, Gastric Ulcer 12, and Appendicitis 14.
Urinary System.—One hundred and six deaths were due to diseases of the urinary system;
80 and 26 in the Town and Brompton sub.districts respectively; Chronic Bright's Disease (Albuminuria),
being the cause of 69 deaths, Bladder and Prostate Disease of 16, and Other Diseases of
the Urinary System of 13.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
One hundred deaths, including 27 under five years of age, and 16 under one year, were
caused by violence; 77 belong to the Town sub.district, and 23 to Brompton. Accident or negligence
occasioned 79 deaths; 60 in the Town sub.district, and 19 inBrompton; 27 of them under five
years of age, and 16 under one year. Fractures and Contusions were responsible for 44 deaths ;
Bum, Scald, for 10, and Suffocation for 15—of which 12 were of infants under one year. Suicide
accounted for 21 deaths; 17 and 4 in the Town and Brompton sub.districts respectively; by Gun
Shot Wounds 2, Cut, Stab 2, Poison 8, Drowning 3, Hanging 3 and otherwise 3.
Ill.defined and Not specfied Causes of death were returned in 54 cases; 48 in the Town sub.
district and 6 in Brompton: 43 were certified due to Debility, Atrophy Inanition, 42 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 Kensington General 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 (483),
at the Brompton Consumption Hospital (54) at St. Luke's House (77), at the Kensington General
Hospital (14), and at St. Joseph's House (20), are excluded from our statistics. The deaths of
parishioners registered at the Infirmary and Workhouse (539), at the Consumption Hospital (2),
at St. Marylebone Infirmary (1), at the Kensington General Hospital (1), at Kensington Children's
Hospital (13), at St. Luke's House (4), at St. Joseph's House (13), at St. Anne's Home (1), and
at outlying public institutions (321), aggregate 895; or 35.8 per cent, of total deaths.