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75
Deaths in Public Institutions
(within the District).
1.—The Workhouse, Endell Street.
The average number of inmates in the Workhouse
during 1895 was 577.
The number of deaths during the four quarters of the
year was:—
1st Quarter 82
2nd Quarter 32
3rd Quarter 12
4th Quarter 21
Total 147
This number does not include the 50 deaths of
parishioners at Cleveland Street Sick Asylum, removed
there from the Workhouse for medical treatment.
The annual death-rate was equal to 25.4 per 1,000.
The number of cases of infectious sickness notified
was:—
Enteric Fever 2
Erysipelas 7
Total 9
2.—The French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue.
The population of this Institution, including staff,
servants and patients, at the Census of 1891 was 67.
During 1695, there were 38 deaths reported; 35 of
these were non-parishioners admitted for treatment from
various parts of the Metropolis.
Twenty of the deaths were from consumption and
diseases of the respiratory organs.
No death occurred from zymotic disease.