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and at 55 and upwards 234, or 45.0 per cent., against 47.9, 46.9, and 50.7, in the preceding three
years. Bronchitis and Pneumonia were accountable for 464 deaths (including 186 under five years
of age), of which 50 were registered in the Brompton sub-district.
Digestive System.— 1 he diseases of the Digestive System were accountable for 158 deaths;
115 and 43 in the Town and Brompton sub-districts, respectively; 38 of them under five years of
age. The chief causes were Cirrhosis of the Liver 24 deaths, Other Diseases of the Liver and
Gall Bladder 18 deaths, Intestinal Obstruction 12, Enteritis 17, Gastric Ulcer 9, and Appendicitis
18.
Urinary System.—Ninety-nine deaths were due to diseases of the urinary system; 71 and 28
in the Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively; Chronic Bright's Disease {Albuminuria),
being the cause of 67 deaths, Bladder and Prostate Disease of 22, and Other Diseases of the
Urinary System of 6.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
One hundred and three deaths, including 34 under five years of age, and 20 under one year,
were caused by violence; 82 belonging to the Town sub-district, and 21 to Brompton. Accident
or negligence occasioned 88 deaths; 72 in the Town sub-district, and 16 in Brompton; 34 of them
under five years of age, and 20 under one year. Fractures and Contusions were responsible for 45
deaths; Burn, Scald, for 15, and Suffocation for 19—of which 16 were of infants under one year.
Suicide accounted for 15 deaths; 10 and 5 in the Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively;
by Gun Shot Wound 1, Cut, Stab 1, Poison 8, Drowning 1, Hanging 2, and otherwise 2.
Ill-defined and Not specified Causes of death were returned in 58 cases; 53 in the Town subdistrict
and 5 in Brompton; 51 were certified due to Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, all 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, North Kensington, 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 (510), at the Brompton Consumption Hospital (43), at St. Luke's House (82), at the Kensington
General Hospital (18), at St. Joseph's House (28), and the Kensington Children's Hospital
(2), are excluded from our Statistics. The deaths of parishioners registered at the Infirmary
and Workhouse (526), at the Consumption Hospital (2), at the Kensington General Hospital (5),
at Kensington Children's Hospital (8), at St. Luke's House (4), at St. Joseph's House (7), and
at outlying public institutions (325), aggregate 877 ; or 35.5 per cent, of total deaths.