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deaths, of which 5 were from pneumonia and 3 from
bronchitis. In the class of tubercular diseases there
were 2 deaths from phthisis, and 1 from meningitis.
Three deaths were referred to heart disease, and 1
to old age.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age. was 9, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 2.
Two inquests were held. Both deaths arose from
natural causes. Two deaths were uncertified. Both
cases were due to inanition of infants.
Eight notifications of cases of infectious disease
were received; they were of scarlet fever 7, and of
erysipelas 1.
In the neighbourhood of Park Street School there
is occasionally a very offensive smell. It appears to
me to arise from the grating over the sewer in Park
Street, near Riley Street, and I recommend the state
of the trap beneath this grating should be examined
by the Surveyor.
October 28th, 1895.
During the week that ended on the 19th day of
October, 62 births and 29 deaths were registered in