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4/5ths of the whole mortality occurred amongst the labouring
classes, the latter would be four times as numerous as the
other classes collectively; according to such calculation,
which cannot err by exaggeration, the infants of the
labouring classes will have suffered during the past year
nearly twice as much mortality from general disease, and
three and a half times as much mortality from Epidemic
diseases as the other classes collectively.
Inquests were held in 25 instances during the year.
13 deaths resulted from violence, 11 of which were accidental,
1 suicidal, and 1 homicidal. In 11 instances the
cause of death was not certified by medical testimony; and
as in any of these, death may have resulted from other
than natural causes, it is evident that society is not sufficiently
protected, as it might be, by the intervention of a
medical investigation in every death, the cause of which
has not been certified by a registered medical practitioner.
(See previous reports on this subject.)

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