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improper feeding of young children, there were 75
deaths against 97 in the previous year.
The deaths referred to violence numbered 30 in
the parish and 20 in hospitals. They included 16
cases of suffocation of infants and 10 cases of
suicide. Of the latter 3 died in hospitals. Seventynine
inquests were held. Twenty-eight persons died
in the workhouse, and 38 deaths were uncertified.
Most of the latter were cases of infants who died
within a few hours after birth.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
During the year 817 certificates were received,
being 265 fewer than in the previous year. In the
first quarter there were 148; in the second quarter
205; in the third quarter 258; and in the last
quarter 206. The various forms of infectious
disease were classed as follows: smallpox 8, scarlet
fever 390, diphtheria 259, membranous croup 11,
enteric fever 26, typhoid fever 28, continued fever
1, typhus 2, puerperal fever 1, erysipelas 91.
The total deaths from these diseases, including
hospital cases, were, smallpox 1, scarlet fever 23,
diphtheria and membranous croup 66, enteric or
typhoid fever 16, typhus 1, and erysipelas 6. It