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Twenty deaths were due to suffocation whilst in bed with
parents, the dates and days of the week being as follows:
30th January Thursday 12th August Wednesday.
2nd February Sunday 18th September Friday.
3rd „ Monday 5th October Monday.
23rd „ Sunday 18th „ Sunday.
20th March Friday 20th „ Tuesday.
30th „ Monday 25th „ Sunday.
7th April Tuesday 25th „ Sunday.
21 st „ Tuesday 7th December Monday.
12th May Tuesday 25th „ Friday.
14th June Sunday 25th „ Friday.
Differently arranged:—
Sunday 6
Monday 4
Tuesday 4
Wednesday 1
Thursday 1
Friday 4
Saturday —
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Social Position of Persons Dying During 1896.
Number. Per Cent.
Nobility and Gentry 7 0.2
Professional Class 19 o.6
Middle and Trading Classes 142 4.9
Industrial and Labouring Class 2,773 94.3
2,941 100.0
Water This most important subject, more especially with
Supply for reference to the health and sanitary condition of the
inhabitants of this vast metropolis, among whom of
course are included the many thousands of persons who are
inhabitants of Battersea, is now engaging the attention of
Parliament. The water companies have bills in the House of
Commons and the London County Council has introduced