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Senile Mortality,
184 persons died at 65 years of age and upwards.
50 of the deaths occurred between 65 and 70 years of age.
88 „ „ „ 70 and 80 ,, ,,
35 „ „ „ 80 and 90 „ ,,
4 ,, ,, at 90 ,, ,,
2 ,, ,, at 91 ,, ,,
3 ,, ,, at 92 ,, ,,
2 „ „ at 93 ,, ,,
42 of these were certified to have died of old age, the
remainder succumbed chiefly to diseases of the circulatory
and respiratory organs.
Uncertified Deaths.
Only one was returned by the Registrar as not having
been certified by a Registered Medical Practitioner or
by the Coroner. This case, viz., a child set. 20 months,
died from rickets, was reported to the Coroner, who considered
that an inquest was unnecessary, as the deceased
had frequently been under the care of a medical man.
In St. Giles District the one case was equal to 0.l per
cent.; throuohout England and Wales there were 14,336
cases, or 2.5 per cent, of the total deaths, in all London
0.9 per cent.
The Report of the Select Committee of the House of
Commons on Death Certification concludes with the following
recapitulation of its chief recommendations:—
1. That in no case should a death be registered without production of a
certificate of the cause of death, signed by a registered Medical Practitioner,
or by a Coroner after inquest.