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among the out-door parish poor; 200 new cases were treated
during the year; this does not include attendance given to
permanent paupers.
In the Zymotic class there were 17 cases as against 30 in
1881 and 10 in 1882. They include 2 cases of Small Pox, 4
of Scarlet Fever, 1 of Typhoid Fever, 1 of Measles, 2 of
Whooping Cough, 6 of Diarrhoea, and 1 of Croup. With 3
deaths—1 from Croup, 1 from Diarrhoea, and 1 from Whooping
Cough. In the other classes there were four deaths.
The ratio of deaths to cases treated was 3.j per cent.
Social Position.—The following table gives the per centage
of deaths in the various classes during the year:—
Nobility and Gentry 45 = 10.74 Per Cent.
Professional Class 59 = 14.08 „
Middle and Trading Class 105 = 25.06 ,,
Industrial and Labouring Class 210 = 50.12 ,,
Total deaths in 1883 419 100.00
The per centage of deaths in the various classes differed but
little from their usual averages.
Inquests, Violent Deaths, &c.—Ten Inquests were held with
the following results:—
I. Natural Convulsions 2
Ruptured Aneurism 1
Apoplexy 1—4
II. Accidental Mortal injury to head and legs by
locomotive in transit 1
Suffocated in bed 1
Drowned in a bath 1
Drowned—bathing 1
Want of attention at birth, found dead 1—5
III. Homicidal Murdered with iron chisel 1—1
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