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infants under one year of age. One death, that of
a man 90 years of age, was attributed to starvation.
In the outlying institutions there were 31 deaths
of parishioners from accidents, drowning and other
violent causes.
The number of inquests held in the Parish was
97, and of the bodies of parishioners in hospitals 31.
Sixty-five deaths, or 4 per cent., were not certified
by any registered medical practitioner or by the
coroner. These were chiefly deaths of infants
where a midwife or a hospital student had been in
attendance.
SANITARY WORK.
Inspection of houses and other premises has been
vigorously carried on by your Sanitary Officers, the
number of such inspections during the year ended
Lady-day, 1893, having exceeded 10,500 ; the
number of notices to execute works being 8,349.
Unfortunately it has happened that in many cases
where the lease-holders had only a small interest in
the property, or the leases had nearly expired, the
owners have preferred to close the houses to undertaking
expensive repairs, for which they would not
be reimbursed during the limited period of their
possession of the houses. Inconvenience to many
poor families may thus arise, while the loss of rating
to the Parish is not inconsiderable.
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