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Eight inquests were held during the year ; the cause of
death was natural in three cases, and in other four cases injuries
of various descriptions.
The Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of
the chest.—In the Kensington portion of the Brompton
Hospital there were 137 deaths, including 13 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, 480 deaths were
registered, all of which, except two 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 6 of
parishioners, are excluded from our statistics. They were 26
in number. 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 preceding three years, successively, had numbered
308, 353, and 333, were 286 in 1898. All of these deaths are
included in our statistics. The deaths occurred at the several
institutions as follows :—