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Inquests, Violent and Sudden Deaths, &c. —The large
number of 14 inquests appear to have been held during
1871, these may be enumerated as follows:—Accidental
deaths, from falls, suffocation by fire, burns, &c., 8; natural
deaths, though sudden, from Disease of the Heart,
Apoplexy, &c., 4; suicides, by drowning, and by decapitation
on a railway, 2.
Two deaths are, as last year, recorded of persons who
died without medical attendance, the causes being stated
to be "uncertified" in the register.
Sanitation.—The column relating to this Sub-district,
in Table VI. Appendix, sufficiently points out the sanitation
completed during the year 1871.
The principal works accomplished in this direction are
the 5,123 feet of new sewers, added to the already completed
drainage of this locality. The number of houses
and premises inspected were 260, and in respect of these 31
notices appear to have been served, requiring the owners or
occupiers to cleanse or repair. There were, I am pleased to
report, no cases of nuisance, nor other sanitary matters
submitted to the decision of the Magistrates.
The slaughter and cow houses were, as usual, inspected
and reported on, and all licences to the same were renewed
without opposition.
Water.—My views upon the water supply question
being in perfect accord with those of my colleagues, the
reader is referred to the introductory section of this Report,
or that part applying to the entire District, where
this matter, and others of general interest, will be fully
discussed.
D. C. NOËL,
Medical Officer of Health for Streatham, Tooting
and Balham.