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A summary of the number and sex of the subjects of
inquiry with the verdicts returned is contained in the
followiner Table:—
Males.
Females.
Total.
Deaths from natural causes
7
6
13
Deaths from violence, viz:—
Accidental
Suffocation
0
2
Poison
0
1
Run over by train
2
o
9
Drowning
2
0
Fracture
0
1
Injury to spine from a fall
1
0
Suicidal
Cut-throat
1
1
3
Strangulation
0
1
Homicidal
Suffocation (Wilful Murder)
1
l
2
Poison (no evidence how
administered)
1
0
1
Not specified
Found dead in riverWandle
3
0
4
Do. do. Thames
1
0
19
13
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Sanitation.—A greatly increased activity prevailed in all
the Sanitary operations of the past year, and in consequence
of the anticipated advent of Cholera especially there was a
more vigorous prosecution of the measures employed for the
rectification of the Sanitary defects of houses and the
removal of nuisances generally. On reference to Table 6,
Appendix, which contains a summary of the principal of these
proceedings, it is seen that the number of house-inspections
exceeded those of the preceding year by no less than 1,814.
Every house in which contagious disease was found to have
occurred was disinfected by Sulphur-fumigation; and in
testimony of the thorough efficacy of this method of
disinfection—now pursued for several years—it should be
noted that in no instance during the past year was there a
recurrence of contagious disease after such operation. The
large number of 53 pig-nuisances were removed, but not
without much cost of time and trouble; and in 5 instances