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INQUESTS.
During the Year 208 inquests were held in the Borough, 72 of which related to deaths
of non-residents. Inquests were held outside the Borough with reference to deaths of
12 residents. The nett total of inquests (148) is analysed below:—

As regards deaths by suicide, there was a slight increase, the deaths being equal to a
rate of 0.10 per 1,000 as compared with a decennial mean rate of 0.09. The increase was
limited, however, to the St. John's Sub-District, where the rate for last year (0.20) was double
the mean (0.10). An analysis (condensed) of the causes and circumstances of the deaths,
other than those by natural causes, is appended.
Misadventure—-(7 deaths)—
Mistaken medicine 2 Chloroform narcosis 1
Overdose of sulphonal 1 Drowned when intoxicated 1
Epileptic seizure (suffocation) 1 Fainted in bath 1
Accidcnt—(47 deaths)—
Falls (various) 14 Overlaid in bed 8
Vehicular traffic 7 Drowning 2
Clothes taking fire 7 Other accidents 5
Suffocation 4
Neglect-—(1 death).
Suicide—(16 deaths)—
By poison, 6, oxalic acid (3), hydrochloric acid (2), and cyanide of potassium (1).
By cut throat, 4—3 males and 1 female.
By shooting, 3—males.
By hanging, 1 male.
BY throwing self from window—1 female.
By jumping in front of train—1 male.
Often—(3 deaths)—
A man aged 50 years found drowned in Serpentine.
A man aged 35 years and a woman aged 49 years found drowned in Canal.