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Kensington 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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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.:—
| St. Mary's Hospital | 51 | Bethlem Hospital | 1 |
| St. George's Hospital | 32 | City of London Chest Hospital | 1 |
| West London Hospital | 15 | Samaritan Free Hospital | 1 |
| St. Thomas's Hospital | 4 | Royal Free Hospital | 1 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 4 | National Hospital for Paralysis | |
| University College Hospital | 4 | and Epilepsy | 1 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 3 | British Home for Incurables | 1 |
| King's College Hospital | 3 | St. Peter's Home, Kilburn | 1 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 3 | A Private Hospital | 1 |
| Guy's Hospital | 1 | Paddington Infirmary | 3 |
| Brompton Hospital (South Wing) | 7 | Paddington Workhouse | 2 |
| Western District Hospital | 35 | Leavesden Asylum | 9 |
| North-Western District Hospital | 7 | Cane Hill Asylum | 6 |
| South-Western District Hospital | 2 | Banstead Asylum | 5 |
| Northern District Hospital | 1 | Caterham Asylum | 4 |
| Cancer Hospital (Fulham Road) | 4 | Darenth Asylum | 3 |
| Children's Hospital (Paddington) | 2 | Hanwell Asylum | 3 |
| Children's (Victoria) Hospital | 3 | Colney Hatch Asylum | 2 |
| French Hospital (Soho) | 2 | Camberwell House Asylum | 5 |
| German Hospital | 1 | Hoxton House Asylum | 1 |
| Metropolitan Hospital | 1 | 236 |
The deaths of thirteen male parishioners, in addition to
the above, were recorded as follows: two suicidal by drowning,
in the Grand Junction Canal (Paddington), and in Islington
parish, respectively; two from accidents at Goods Stations on
the Great Western Railway, at Paddington, and Westbourne
Park respectively; and 9 which occurred suddenly, viz.:—
One in a private house in Fulham, two in Paddington, and
one in St. Marylebone, one in a cab on the way to St. George's
Hospital, one at the Commissionaire Barracks, Strand; and
one each at the East Putney, the Streatham, and the Uxbridge
Road Railway Stations.
Deaths from zymotic diseases occurred as follows:—
Western District (Asylum Board's) Hospital, 35 (scarlet
fever 23, and diphtheria 12); North-Western District
Hospital, 6 (diphtheria 3; scarlet fever 2, and enteric fever 1);
St. Mary's Hospital, 5 (diphtheria 2; enteric fever 1; whoopingcough
1, and diarrhcea 1); South-Western District Hospital, 2
(scarlet fever'); St. George's Hospital, 1 (enteric fever); and
Metropolitan Hospital, 1 (diarrhcea).
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
Fourteen deaths, of 6 males and 8 females (against 4, 5,
and 8 in the preceding three years respectively), were returned