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inmates belonging to the Roman Catholic community, and in which
33 deaths occurred last year The deaths in the large public
institutions last year were 354, equal to 13.5 per cent. on total
deaths—the equivalent proportion in all London being 19 2 per
cent.
The Parish Infirmary and Workhouse.—I am again indebted
to Dr. Whitmore, the Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary,
for the statistics of the mortality at these institutions. The
deaths registered last year were 223, viz., males 120, and females
103. The quarterly numbers were 44, 66, 54, and 59—10 i in the
winter and 120 in the summer—an inversion of the usual order of
things, the winter months being usually more fatal to old people
who compose the majority of the inmates of our workhouses.
The ages at death were as follows :—Under one year 25; between
one year and sixty 97; sixty and upwards 101. Of the
deaths in the latter group 38 occurred between 60 and 70 years;
fifty-one between 70 and 80, and 12 at ages above 80. The
greatest age was attained by a female who died at 86, from disease
of the brain. One inquest was held—on a man aged 58, who
died suddenly from " heart disease (P.M.)."