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St. Joseph's House, Pobtobello Road.—The deaths at
this quasi-public institution are included in Table 3 (Appendix).
They were 36 in number: males 14, and females 22. All of the
deaths save one occurred at ages over 60; 11 of them at ages
over 80. Fourteen of the deaths were of persons who had been
imported from other Metropolitan parishes; seven of the deceased
had previously resided in Ireland, one on the Continent, and five
in the Provinces; seven were stated to be parishioners; the
previous residence in two cases was not stated. The causes of
death were: diseases of the nervous system, 9; diseases of the
respiratory and circulatory systems, 16; other visceral diseases, 3;
phthisis, 3 ; Bright's disease, 2; cancer, 1; old age, 2.
The Hospital fob Consumption and Diseases of the
Chest.—The deaths at this institution, or rather in that part
of it—the original hospital—situated in Kensington, (a "South
Branch" having been established on the further side of the Fulliam
Road, in the parish of Chelsea) were 140, viz. : males, 86, and
females, 54: 36, 29, 39 and 36 in the four quarters respectively.
The ages at death were: under 20 years (youngest six), 24;
between 20 and 40, 86; between 40 and 60 (oldest 59), 30.
Twelve of the deaths were of parishioners, and are included in
Table 3 (Appendix); the remaining deaths, of non-parishioners,
are excluded from that table; eighty-four of the deceased had
previously resided in the Metropolis, 19 in the suburbs of London,
and 25 in the Provinces. The causes of death, as registered,
were: Phthisis (consumption or decline) alone, in 109 cases;
phthisis, associated with other forms of tubercular disease, in six
cases; phthisis, with diseases of lungs or heart, in four cases;
phthisis, with other visceral diseases, in four cases; heart and
lung diseases in 11 cases; aneurism in two cases; cancer in
three cases ; syncope under chloroform, in one case.
Mabylebone Infibmaby, Notting Hill.--At this hospital,
which is under the control of the Guardians of the Poor of the
Parish of St. Marylebone, and is even larger than our own
Parish Infirmary, 439 deaths of non-parishioners were registered,
all of which, for the reason already stated, are excluded from
Table 3 (Appendix).