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The statistics of the various Wards indicate a
rapid growth of population.

16
Inquiries were made in all these cases in order
to find if they were out at nurse or in charge of their
mothers, and to see that the Infant Life Protection
Act was complied with.
The causes of the accidental were returned as:
suffocation in bed, 9; shock from injury, 2; born
into pan of w.c., 1; burns, 1; drowning, 1; poisoning
by carbolic acid, 1; fall from height, 1. From
natural causes: pneumonia, 2; heart disease, 6;
apoplexy, 1; drink, 1; insufficient food and warmth
(miserly), 1; rupture, 1. Suicide: killed by passing
train, 2; shot, 1; cutting throat, 1. Doubtful: no
evidence to show cause, 1. Total, 33.
Inquests.—Thirty-three inquests have been held,
the verdicts being
no.
Accidental
16
Natural causes
12
Suicide
4
Doubtful
1
Total
Some portions of the
District have already so nearly obtained their full
growth that very little in the way of increase can
take place; a comparison of last year with this is
the best guide.