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Westminster 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]

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The following table gives the distribution of the deaths of
parishioners dying in various institutions and elsewhere, all of
which are included in the mortality statistics:—
Institutions. Deaths.
Westminster Hospital 258
Station „ 21
St. George's Infirmary 210
Convent 2
St. George's Hospital 25
Charing Cross „ 3
German „ 1
Brompton ,, 6
St. Thomas's ,, 10
Victoria „ 2
St. Peter's „ 1
South Western Fever Hospital
7
Western Fever Hospital 9
North Western „ „ 1
Fountain „ „ 1
St. Bartholomew's „ 2
Chelsea Workhouse 1
St. George's Workhouse 2
Grosvenor Hospital 3
Belgrave „ 5
Herbert ,, 1
St. Mary's ,, 1
Middlesex ,, 1
Institutions. Deaths.
Cancer Hospital 1
Royal Free Hospital 1
Children's Hospital, Great
Ormond.street 1
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 1
47, Albany Street, Begent's
Park 1
Royal Western Ophthalmic
Hospital 1
Hyde Park Barracks 1
Wellington „ 1
Regent's Park „ 1
Friedenheim 1
Hostel of God 1
Dr. Barnardo's Home 1
Asylum—Middlesex 1
,, Leavesden 1
„ Cane Hill 1
„ Caterham 2
„ Colney Hatch 1
„ Hanwell 1
„ Hoxton House 2
Elsewhere 6

Table I., giving the death-rates from certain classes of disease in the district:—

Years.Whole District.St. Margaret's.St. John's.
1.Chief Zymotic Diseases18942.11.52.4
18951.71.02.1
18962.01.32.5
18972.1092.9
18982.71.53.4
2. Phthisis18942.32.32.4
18952.01.62.2
18962.11.823
18972.52.12.7
18982.32.12.5
18944.74.64.5
3. Pulmonary Diseases, including Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy18955.65.35.7
18963.73.23.9
18972.92.83.0
18982.13.53.9