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Diseases of the Digestive Organs were fatal in 118 cases (18
under five years), viz., 93 in the Town and 25 in Brompton.
They include Enteritis 19, Peritonitis 20, and Liver disease 37.
Diseases of the Urinary Organs were fatal in 51 cases, including
Kidney disease 12, Blight's disease 22; Cystitis 7, and
Diabetes 5.
Diseases of the Organs of Generation caused 7 deaths, 6 of
them registered as Uterus disease, &c. These deaths are exclusive
of malignant affections of the organs included under the
head of Cancer.
The Diseases of Children were fatal in 75 cases, including
Premature birth 46, Teething 25, and Malformations 4.
The Diseases of Adults include 14 deaths returned as Childbirth,
these deaths being irrespective of those already alluded to
under the head of Puerperal Fever.
Diseases of Old People (so described) were returned under
the head of Old Age as the cause of 94 deaths.
Diseases of Nutrition, viz., Atrophy and Debility, were the
cause of 163 deaths, all under five years of age, (153 in the
first year of life) viz., 143 in the Town sub-district and 20 in
Brompton.
Violent Deaths, 48 in number, were registered, including 10
due to fractures and contusions, 17 (all under one year) to
suffocation, and four to drowning.
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined.—Twenty deaths registered
came under this description*
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest.
At this important institution 131 persons died, viz., 80 males
and 51 females. All the deaths, with the exception of eight,
were due to that hitherto incurable malady phthisis, or as it is
popularly known, consumption. Five deaths were caused by
heart disease, one by aneurism, and two by lung disease. The
deaths in the four quarters respectively were 26, 30, 30, and 45.
Six only of the deaths properly belong to the parish. Seventyfive
of the deceased came from other parishes in London and the
suburbs, and 50 from other than metropolitan counties. If the
truth were known, it is not improbable that some few deaths
from phthisis outside the hospital properly belong to other districts,
the patients having come to town for medical treatment
attracted by the fame of the institution, and being attended as
out-patients.
St. Joseph's House.—This large charitable establishment of
the Roman Catholics, situated in Portobello Road, Notting Hill,
is not classed as a public institution, although its inmates
(about 200) are drawn from all parts. The deaths last year
numbered 36—males 21 and females 15—all above 60 years of