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no investigation whatever seems to have been made. They
are recorded as follows :—
" Convulsions " 1 day Attended by Midwife.
„ 23 hours „ „
" Exhaustion" 20 minutes „ „
" Decay of nature " 20 years No remark.
Only the latter case can fairly be said to be altogether
without verification of the cause of death; and the scandal
which existed a few years ago of numbers of person s being
every year interred without any medical certificate or enquiry
into the real cause of death by competent authority will, it is
to be hoped, not recur.
Inquests.—The Coroner held inquests in 43 cases of death,
in addition to investigating the circumstances attending 14
deaths mentioned above, with the following results :—
From Natural causes 17
From Accidental causes—
Drowned9
Asphyxia (children overlaid 6) 8
Concussion, &c. 3
Killed on Railway 2
Scald or Burn 2
Run over 2 — 26
Total 43
Social position.—The social position ot persons deceased in
the sub-district during 1883 was as follows :—
No. percent
Nobility and Gentry 4 = -4
Professional Class 28 = 2.7
Middle and Trading Class 120 = 11.9
Industrial and Labouring Class 851 = 850
Totals 1003 100. 0