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INQUESTS.
During the past year 198 inquests were held in the Borough.
This number includes the inquests on six non-residents who died
in Finsbury.
The causes of death were as follows : —
Adults and Children over 5 years— 2. Other causes (89).
135 deaths. Heart Disease 20
1. Accidental causes (46) comprising:— Suicide 16
Accidental falls 28 Bright's Disease 13
Accidental burns and scalds 6 Alcoholism 8
Run over by motor cars 3 Pneumonia 7
Accidental poisoning 2 Phthisis 6
Accidental suffocation 2 Bed sores 3
Run over by van or engine 2 Cirrhosis of liver 3
Accidental crush between rail- Disease of blood vessels 3
way trucks 1 Peritonitis 3
Accidental injuries causing
blood poisoning 1
Accidental shooting 1
And the following one each : Gangrene of Buttock, Strangulation
of Intestines, Tuberculous Meningitis, Diarrhœa, Heat Stroke,
Murder; and Gastric Ulcer.
Children under 5 years of age—63 2. Other causes (33).
deaths. Pneumonia and Bronchitis 10
1. Accidental and violent causes (30) Diarrhœa 3
Overlain in bed by parents 15 Measles 3
Accidental falls 5 Premature Birth 3
Accidental burns and scalds 3 Tuberculous Meningitis 3
Accidental suffocation 2 Distended stomach pressing on
Run over by horse and van 2 heart 2
Accidental blood poisoning— Heart Disease 2
buttocks chafed by a napkin 1 Strangulated Bowel 2
Accidental blow on head from
cricket ball 1
Accidental haemorrhage 1
And the rest one each: Phthisis, Want of attention at birth,
Marasmus, Haemorrhage into brain at birth, and Internal
Haemorrhage.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The infantile mortality of any district for any stated year
means the number of deaths of children under one year per 1,000