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Kensington 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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135
Outlying Public Institutions, Etc.—By virtue of an
arrangement between your Vestry and a gentleman in the
office of the Registrar-General, 1 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, 213 in number (against 183 in
1886) are included. The deaths occurred in the following
institutions, viz.—
St. Mary's Hospital 63
St. George's „ 31
St. Bartholomew's ,, 5
University College „ 6
West London ,, 6
Brompton Consumption Hospital
(south branch) 6
St. Thomas's Hospital 4
Westminster ,, 3
Middlesex ,, 3
Guy's 2
Charing Cross ,, 2
London „ 1
London Temperance Hospital 3
German ,, 1
Royal (Waterloo Road) „ 1
Alexandra ,, 1
Homceopathic ,, 1
Western District „ 23
South-Western ,, 4
South-Eastern ,, 1
Northern ,, 1
London Fever ,, 1
Lock Hospital ,, 1
Cancer (Fulham Road) 5
Children's (Paddington) „ 5
,, Great Ormond St. „ 3
,, Victoria ,, 2
Queen Charlotte's „ 5
Lying-in (St. John the Divine) 1
Bethlem 1
Camberwell House Asylum 2
National for Paralysis 1
Epilepsy for (Portland Terrace) 1
Throat (Golden Square) 1
Paddington Workhouse Infirmary 6
Chelsea ,, „ 1
Holborn ,, 1
Wandsworth ,, „ 1
St. Peter's Home (Kilburn) 2
St. Elizabeth's ,, 2
St. Raphael's ,, 2
Medical and Surgical (Fitzroy
Square) 1
213
Deaths from Infectious Diseases occurred as follows:—
Western District Hospital 20; other Hospitals of Asylums
Board 5; London Fever Hospital 1; St. Mary's Hospital 4;
(Diphtheria); St. George's Hospital 2 (Diphtheria); West
London Hospital 1 (Enteric Fever); and Victoria Hospital for
Children 1 (Enteric Fever). The deaths at Queen Charlotte's
Hospital, at the Lying-in Hospital of St. John the Divine,
and at the Lock Hospital, were of infants born in those
institutions.
St. Joseph's House, Portobello Road.—The deaths at
this quasi-public institution are included in Table 3 (Appendix).
They were 30 in number: males 14 and females 16. All of
the deaths save one occurred at ages over 60; 23 of them at