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amendment of the law relating to coroners' inquests in the
County of London, in accordance with the recommendations
referred to,"and were directed to" urge the advisableness of
paying a juryman a sum sufficient to compensate a workman
for actual loss of time incurred in performing that public duty,
and of making it compulsory that coroners' juries should be
summoned by rota."
INQUESTS.
Two hundred and thirty-eight inquests were held on
parishioners, including 49 at places without the parish,
mostly at public institutions to which the deceased persons
had been removed for treatment. The cause of death is stated
to have been ascertained by post-mortem examination in 139
cases. Thirty-eight inquests were held on the bodies of nonparishioners
who had died in Kensington. Of the 227
inquests in the parish, 207 were held at the Coroner's Court
at the Town Hall, 17 at the St. Marylebone Infirmary, and
three at the Parish Infirmary. It is now some years since an
inquest in Kensington was held at a public house.
The causes of death in inquest cases may be classified as
follows:—
Deaths caused by disease
137
Deaths caused by violence (101), viz.:—
Accidental
79
Suicidal
18
Homicidal
3
Execution
1
Total
238
Of the 18 suicidal deaths, six belong to the BromptoE subdistrict,
and 12 to the Town sub-district.