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and joints.
Integumentary System. There were 3 deaths from. other diseases
of Integmentary System.
External Causes. There were 65 deaths given as due to causes
grouped under this heading; 57 were the result of accident or negligence,
6 were from Suicide, and the remaining 2 due to ill-defined
causes.
Suffocation, by being overlaid in bed, was the cause of death
of 5 children under five years of age (cmpared with 3 free. this
cause last year); 6 cases were from drowning, 1 by weapon or implement,
while accidents on railways, in vehicular traffic and in
building operations, falls, etc., were respcnsiole for 45 deaths.
The Suicides "ere by poison in 3 cases, 3 by cut or stab, and
1 by other and unspecified £.etncd.
Ill-defines Causes. There were 2 deaths tne cause of which was
not ascertained in 1916.

Notifications under the Previsions of the Public Health
(London) Act 1891. During the year. 1906 cases have been notified
under the above Act, as compared with 1483, 1773 and 3104 respectively."
tne preceding years 151!?, 181-i and 1913.
Small-Pox. No cases cf this disease were notified during the
year in pereons residing in tne Borough.
Chicken-Pox. No cases of this disease were notified during the
year.
Cholera. No cases.
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