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The number of deaths to cases treated presents by no
means a high percentage. The diseases, however, are found
to include a good many cases of fever in its various forms,
and also Diarrhoea, Scarlatina, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, and Zymotic cases generally.
There were also treated 5 cases of non·fatal Small
Pox, and 8 cases of Puerperal Fever. No cases of Measles
are to be found in the medical relief book, aud consequently
there were no deaths from this disease during the year
among the class of persons of which I have been speaking.
Of non·Zymotic, or ordinary diseases, the greatest
fatality resulted from lung affections, tubercular maladies,
affections of the brain and nervous system, and diseases of
the digestive organs.
Inquests.—Violent, Sudden, and, Uncertified Deaths.—
Under this heading there were 16 deaths registered as
having been subject to the enquiries of the Coroner: the
verdicts were as follows:—
Suicides 3
Death by burning 1
Overlaid or found dead 7
Accidentally run over 1
Accidental death in other ways 2
Death from natural causes 2
Total · 16
The Deaths of five persons were also registered, who
unfortunately were allowed to go out of existence without
any medical attendance and without the necessary care and
attention due to the exigencies of civilised life. In my former
reports I commented on this state of things as a
great evil, and latterly, as one greatly on the increase all
over the Metropolis.