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60
This is a small per centage considering all things,
and that the past year exhibited such varied atmospheric
conditions as to vastly increase the cases of Lung disease
that come under treatment amongst the poor.
Violent, Sudden and Uncertified Deaths ; Inquests.—
There have been held in the Sub-district, 17 inquiries by
the Coroner, and the causes of death were recorded as
follows :—
Accidental injuries sustained in various ways 7
Found dead, newly born 1
Suicide whilst in a state of unsound mind 1
Sudden deaths from Heart disease, and other defined
and undefined causes 8
Total 17
It may be imagined that in 17 inquiries into the
actual causes of death, post-mortem examinations would
have been necessitated more frequently than they were.
There is undoubtedly still room for reform in these matters,
as there is also in the registration of births, and of stillborn
infants.
We must continue to hope that this reform is not far
distant.
There was one person who died and was buried
without the cause of death being certified by competent
medical authority.
Sanitation of the Year.—The Sanitary proceedings
of the year are as usual set forth in Table VI. in the
Appendix. Besides the supervision by the Surveyor and
myself of all the slaughtering places and cowhouses within
the parish, the whole of which were found in good order,
and in possession of all the sanitary requisities
insisted upon in the regulations of the authorities; there
also appears by this table to have been as many as 1,200