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the 100 deaths from Diseases of the Nervous System, 54
took place in children under 5 years of age, principally
from convulsions; from 40 to 80 — 34. Prom pare old age
51 persons died, 19 of whom had reached 80 years and
upwards. During the year 15 Coroners' Inquests were
held, 5 of the bodies being Females, and 10 Males.
The verdicts were:—
From Natural Causes 10
Suicide 2
Accidental Death 1
Pound Dead 1
Violence 1
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Deaths not Certified.—Of the 674 deaths 34 were
registered as not certified, 18 being females and 16 males,
being a considerable increase on last year, when 28 were
so registered for the whole parish; 30 of the cases were
under 5 years, and 4 above. I should indeed be sorry to
impute any semblance of wrong, but it certainly opens a
ready means of escape from punishment v/hen deaths can
be registered as not certified, and the Registrar's certificate
for burial given without any medical certificate as to the
cause of death being first obtained ; equally certain is it the
duty of every parent to provide proper medical attendance
for his children, just as incumbent that he shall provide
them with food; should he not then be amenable for
his negligence ?
Social Position.—The per centage of deaths in
relation to social position was as follows :—
Nobility and Gentry 89
Professional 89
Middle and Trading 21.96
Labouring 76.26
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