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at 60 and upwards there were 30 deaths. The causes of
death may be summarised as follows: Tubercular diseases, and
wasting diseases of children (atrophy, debility, inanition) 69
deaths; diseases of the heart and lungs 52 deaths; diseases
of the zymotic class, 28 deaths (viz.: diarrhoea 9, measles 7,
scarlet fever 4, diphtheria 2, whooping-cough 3, erysipelas 2,
influenza 1); diseases of the nervous system. 20 deaths; cancer,
11 deaths, syphilis, 3 deaths; old age, 3 deaths; other causes,
37 deaths. Among the deaths from " other causes," there were
11 from violence; in 5 cases from accident, viz.: females aged
respectively 66, 50, and 4 years, from falls; female, aged 52,
from burns; and male, aged 45, from scalds; one suicidal
death was that of a man aged 78, who threw himself under a
train shortly after the death of his wife. Five deaths were
caused by suffocation, viz., of a man aged 40, and 4 infants, aged
respectively, 6 months, 10 weeks, 7 weeks, and 5 weeks; all in
bed with parents. These violent deaths were equal to 4.9 per
cent, on the total deaths, the proportion of violent deaths
in the parish, as a whole, being 3.6 per cent. Inquests
were held in 25 cases, viz., in the above 11 cases of violent
death, and in 14 cases of death from natural causes. These
inquests were in the proportion of 11.2 per cent, on total
deaths, the relative proportion of inquest cases in the parish,
as a whole, being 8.4 per cent. The previous residence of the
deceased people was, Bangor-street in 52 cases, Crescent-street
in 36, Sirdar-road in 25, St. Katharine's road in 87, and
Kenley-street in 23 cases.
"NOTTINGDALE" AND THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE.—A
Committee of "representative inhabitants" having been formed
to consider the best mode of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee,
it was resolved "to give effect to the loyal feelings of the
parishioners by the promotion of a scheme having for its object
the amelioration of the condition of the inhabitants of . . .
' Notting-dale.'" I ventured to propose that this object might
be attained by the acquirement of a number of the houses