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25
Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds 1
Poisons 6
Cuts 2
9
The death-rate from violence was 0.6, as against 0.77 for London.
CLASS VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Under this heading there were 134 deaths, the great majority
113 being certified as due to Debility, Inanition, or Marasmus.
CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 2,024 deaths the causes of 1,860 or 91.9 per cent, were
duly certified by registered medical practitioners, and of 156 or 7.7
per cent, by the coroner after inquest, while the causes of only 8 or
0 4 per cent, were uncertified.
INQUESTS.
Of the 155 inquests held on parishioners 127 were held in the
parish and 28 at institutions outside.
The subjects were males, 82; females, 73 ; and their ages —
Under 5 65
5 to 60 66
Over 60 24
91 deaths were due to natural causes, and 64 to violence.
Those due to natural causes may be classified as follows:—
Zymotic Diseases 7
Tubercular 4
Diseases of Respiratory Organs 23
Diseases of Circulatory System 29
Diseases of Nervous System 15
Other Diseases 13
91
The deaths due to violence have been already classified