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During the year, three hundred and thirty-nine cases of
violent or other forms of sudden death were brought before
the notice of the Coroner, and in two hundred and seventy-eight
cases inquests were held. The verdicts of the respective juries
were to the effect that one hundred and fifty-three of the deaths
were due to natural causes and one hundred and twenty-five
to violence. The latter included several deaths in which there
was insufficient evidence to show whether the fatal injuries
were self-inflicted or otherwise, and they are therefore recorded
as " found dead." A brief summary is here given of the inquests
held during the year : —
Natural Causes 153
Violence:—
Found Dead—
Found drowned, &c. 26
Accidental—
Suffocation in bed with parents 15
Falls, &c. 20
Run over in streets and on railway 13
Burns and Scalds 17
Drowning 4
Shot 1
Poisoning 1
Asphyxia 4
Want of attention at birth 2
Other injuries, &c. 4
81
Suicide—
Poisoning 3
Cut throat 3
Hanging 3
Shot 3
Drowning 1
Fall 1
Run over on railway 1
14
Carried forward 153