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Eleven inquests were held on the bodies of deceased
inmates, of whom four were males and seven were females.
One was a child aged three years, the remainder being adults
ranging in age from 32 to 75 years. Death in five cases was
due to disease; in six cases, including two of suicide, to
violence.
The Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of
the Chest.—In the Kensington portion of this, the "Brompton
Hospital" there were 108 deaths, males 60, and females
48, including 4 of Kensington parishioners which are included
in table III. (appendix), the remaining deaths, of non-parishioners,
being excluded from our statistics.
Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill.—At this institution,
which is under the control of the Guardians of the
Poor of the Parish of St Marylebone, 4(52 deaths were
registered, all of which are excluded from our statistics.
St. Joseph's House, Notting Hill.—The deaths at
this quasi-public institution, with the exception of 2 ot
parishioners, are excluded from our statistics. They were 31
in number, viz., males 16, and females 15. Some of the
deceased persons had previously resided in Ireland, some in
London, and the remainder in the provinces and abroad.
Out-lying Public Institutions.—The deaths of
parishioners at public institutions, &c., without the parish,
which in the preceding three years, successively, had numbered
312, 283, and 308, were 353 in 1896. All of these deaths are
included in our statistics. The deaths occurred at the several
institutions as follows:—