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were returned in the cases of a new-born infant who
" died of suffocation, how caused not known," of a boy
aged 8 who died of diarrhoea and collapse probably due
to ptomaines in his food, and of an unidentified woman
found drowned in the Grand Junction Canal.
DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
In the local institutions there were 573 deaths,
including 295 of non-parishioners, and in institutions
beyond the limits of the Parish, 160 deaths of parishioners
occurred. In all, 278 deaths of parishioners
took place during the year in public institutions, equal
to 22.5 per cent, of all deaths.
Local Institutions.
Paddington Workhouse & Infirmary 188, including 11 non-parishioners.
Lock Hospital 2, „ 2 „
Children's Hospital, Paddington Green 48, „ 41 „
St. Mary's Hospital 334 „ 240 „
Warrington Lodge 1, „ 1 „
Outlying Institutions.
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 42 :
smallpox 1 diphtheria.24
scarlet fever14 enteric fever 2
other diseases 1.
General Hospitals, 32:
diphtheria 3 enteric fever1
cancer5 tubercular diseases 6
other diseases 17.
Special Hospitals, 17 :
scarlet fever 1 diphtheria 1
cancer 2 tubercular diseases 7
other diseases 6.
" Homes," 4 :
cancer 1 tubercular diseases1
Other diseases 2.