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The Infirmary, it may be mentioned, is in process of
enlargement, by the addition of extensive new buildings
fronting upon the Marloes Road, and will, when completed, be
second to none in accommodation or otherwise, among the
Poor Law Infirmaries of the Metropolis.
The Hospital for 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 Wing" having been established on the farther side
of the Fulham Road, in the parish of Chelsea), were 169;
males 101, and females 68. Five of the deaths were of
parishioners, and are included in Table III. (Appendix): the
remaining deaths, of non-parishioners, are excluded from
that Table.
Marylebone Infirmary, 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. 409 deaths of non-parishioners
were registered, all of which are excluded from Table III.
St. Joseph's House, Portobello Road—The deaths at
this quasi-public institution, with a few exceptions, of parishioners,
are not included in Table III. (Appendix). They
were 44 in number; males, 18; females, 26. Many of the
deceased had previously resided in Ireland, a few in London,
and the remainder in the provinces.
Outlying Public Institutions. — The deaths of
parishioners at public institutions, &c. outside the parish, were
236 in number, against 234, 211, and 247, in the preceding
three years respectively. In Table III. (Appendix) all of
these deaths are included. The deaths occurred in the
following institutions, viz.:—