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There were 8 deaths from diarrhœa, besides one on
June 19, from cholera, of an infant, set. 9 months, at 14,
Flask-lane, Ebury-square.
Diseases of degeneration and ill-development destroyed
128 patients, including, from premature birth 10, teething 2,
atrophy and debility 17, water in the head 15, tabes mesenterica
7, convulsions 13, and consumption 64.
Lung diseases proved fatal to 67 persons.
We observe among the accidental deaths, 7 from fractures
and contusions, one of a porter, aged 83, who died of
pleurisy after falling against a trunk on the grating of an
area and fracturing his ribs. The remaining 4 were those of
non-parishioners in St. George's Hospital.
Six deaths were caused by burns and scalds, one of an
infant, set. 1 year, from New Bond-street, who died in St.
George's Hospital, after scalding his chest by a cup of coffee
upset by himself. Another in Conduit-street, of a woman,
set. 46, through her crinoline taking fire at a grate.
A postman, set. 45, was found drowned in the River
Thames; a domestic steward, set. 68, was found dead in a
warm bath at the St. George's Baths, Lower Belgrave-place;
and an infant, set. 5 weeks, in the Serpentine River.
A newly-born infant was found suffocated in Hyde-park.
The case of suicide, is that of a man, aged 37, who was
found hanging by his handkerchief to the iron railings in
Stratton-street, with his feet on the ground.
Among the deaths from causes not specified or ill-defined,
were those of a child found on a dunghill in Grosvenor-street,
and of two in Hyde-park ; of a newly-born infant found dead
in the pan of a water-closet in Ebury-street, another on the
floor of a water-closet at the Victoria Station, and another
yet in Stanley-street.