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II. The French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue.
According to the corrected Census returns of 1891, the
population of this hospital was 67.
The mortality in 1894 was 37, being one more than in
the previous year.
34 of the deaths were those of non-parishioners, admitted
for treatment from the surrounding districts. 26 of the
patients died from consumption, and other chest complaints,
4 from heart disease, 2 from enteric fever, and 1 from
traumatic tetanus (lock-jaw), resulting from varicosed ulcer
of the leg.
21 of the deaths occurred at the middle period of life,
and 5 at advanced ages.
III. The British Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street.
This Institution, founded in 1749, and rebuilt in 1849, is
the oldest Lying-in Hospital in London. It has been
established as a charity for the purpose of assisting poor
married women only. The Hospital is the means, through
its Training School, of supplying midwives and monthly
nurses of a superior class to the community at large. Particulars
of fees, &c., can be obtained from the Secretary.
The Medical Staff of the Hospital report for the year
1894:—
" In-Patient Department.—"The results of the first three
months of the year, i.e., to the end of March, indicated that
some radical change of routine treatment was necessary, as
* 3 deaths had occurred in 31 cases admitted during the
time, and 5 other cases were seriously ill. The Medical
Staff met the Committee, and as a result the hospital was
* Non-parishioners.