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Outlying Public Institutions, etc.—By virtue of an
arrangement between your Vestry and one of the officials in the
Registrar-General's Department I receive weekly a return of the
deaths of Kensington parishioners occurring in public institutions
and other places outside the Parish. In Table 3 (Appendix) all
such deaths, 183 in number, are included.
St. Joseph's House, Pobtobello Road.—The deaths at
this quasi-public institution are included in Table 3 (Appendix).
They were 37 in number : males 14 and females 23. All of the
deaths occurred at ages over 60 ; 11 of them at ages over 80.
Seventeen of the deaths were of persons who had been imported
from other Metropolitan parishes ; eight of the deceased had
previously resided in Ireland, one in Scotland, two on the continent,
and five in the Provinces; three were stated to be
parishioners ; the previous residence in one case was not stated.
The causes of death were : diseases of the nervous system, 9 ;