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Among the deaths caused by violence and accident, 3 infants
were suffocated in bed with parents; 3 people were run
over by cabs and trains: 3 died from scalds and burns;
fracture of the skull and falls caused 8 deaths; infanticide
3; suicide 7, the means of death being drowning 3, hanging
1, poisoning by strychnine, &c.
Mortuary.—Fifty-seven bodies were received in the Public
Mortuary, and 19 post-mortem examinations were made
there. Most of the bodies were brought in by the police, or
at the request of the Coroner for the purpose of holding
inquests; very few bodies were deposited at the request of
relatives of the deceased.
Work of the Sanitary Department.—Table III. contains
the summary of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during
the year ending March 25, 1894.
Throughout the parish 3,020 houses and premises were
inspected, and 1,687 orders were issued for sanitary amendments,
the number of re-inspections reaching 4,868. This
shows an increase on that for the previous year.
The number of lodging-houses registered is now 1,107.
572 orders were made for cleansing, whitewashing, and
repairs; 466 house drains required repairs, ventilation, or
re-construction; 120 new closets were ordered to be
provided, and 9 cesspools abolished. The paving of 135
yards was required to be repaired, or new provided; 79 new
dust-bins were ordered, and 54 to be repaired, 270 cisterns
required to be cleansed, repaired, and covered, and 21 new
cisterns to be provided; 296 orders were made to provide
suitable receptacles for manure, and 77 for removal of dung