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To diseases of the stomach and organs of digestion
65 deaths were referred; to those of the liver 23;
and to diseases of the kidney and urinary organs 30.
Diabetes caused 4 deaths, Addison's disease 4, and
ovarian disease 1. Three women died from child-birth.
The wasting diseases of children contributed the
large number of 113 to our total death roll, against
75 in the previous year, and 97 in 1893. Some of
these deaths are no doubt due to an inherited constitutional
debility, but a large majority of them
unquestionably arise from the improper feeding of
infants.
The deaths from violent causes have increased.
There were 21 deaths from fractures and contusions,
21 from accidental asphyxia, 8 from drowning, and 11
from burns and scalds. There were 10 cases of
suicide, being the same number as in the previous
year. These cases are much more numerous than in
former years. There was 1 case of manslaughter and
3 persons were found dead in the Thames and in the
Surrey Canal.
Ninety-nine inquests were held, in which 59 deaths
were attributed to natural causes and 40 to violence.