THE HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST. At this
important institution 131 persons died, viz., 80 males and 51 females.
All the deaths, with the exception of eight, were due to that hitherto
incurable malady phthisis, or as it is popularly known, consumption.
Five deaths were caused by heart disease, one by aneurism, and two by
lung disease. The deaths in the four quarters respectively were 26, 30,
30, and 45. Six only of the deaths properly belong to the parish.
Seventy-five of the deceased came from other parishes in London and the
suburbs, and 50 from other than metropolitan counties. If the truth were
known, it is not improbable that some few deaths from phthisis outside
the hospital properly belong to other districts, the patients having come
to town for medical treatment attracted by the fame of the institution,
and being attended as out-patients.
ST. JOSEPH’S HOUSE.—This large charitable establishment of the Roman
Catholics, situated in Portobello Road, Notting Hill, is not classed as a
public institution, although its inmates (about 200) are drawn from all
parts. The deaths last year numbered 36—males 21 and females 15—all
above 60 years of age, and due to the more common diseases of senility,
as Brain disease 8, Lung and Heart disease 16, Cancer 3, Intestinal
diseases 3, “Old Age” 2, other diseases 4.
THE PARISH INFIRMARY.—At this large and important hospital there were 221
deaths, viz., in the four quarters respectively 61, 40, 44, and 76; males
117, females 104. The deaths included 37 of infants under one year of
age, and 86 of persons above 60 years of age, viz., between 60 and 70,
36; 70–80, 38; 80–90, 11; at 97, 1. Inquests were held in three cases,
the verdicts returned being (1) “Sudden, apoplexy, natural causes,” (2)
“Fall from a window, accidental,” (3) “Fall from a ladder, accidental.”