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beset the children of the poor. Still it is too high,
for 43 deaths or a percentage of 25.6 of the total
deaths occurred among children under one year.
Death at the other extreme of life was somewhat
heavier still, for 50 persons upwards of 60 years died
during the year. This yields a per centage of nearly
30 of the total mortality, of these 31 were 70 years
and upwards, of which 15 were males and 16 females.
There were 7 upwards of 80, 2 males and 5 females.
Social Position
The social status of the deceased may
be represented as follows:—
Nobility and Gentry 7.2
Professional and Merchant 12.6
Middle, Tradesmen, &c. 24.5
Industrial 55.7
100.0
inquests.
The number of inquests held in this sub-district
during 1885 was unusually small, viz.:—eight. They
may be classified according to the verdicts as follows:—
I. Natural.—Heart Disease, 1; Acute Peumonia, 1;
Syncope, 1 ; and Convulsions, 1.
II. Accidental.—Drowning, 1.
III. Suicidal.—Hanging, 2 ; Shooting, 1.
It is a matter of much satisfaction that only one
death from drowning should have occurred during an
entire year in our popular stretch of river. It is not
unusual to have six or even nine deaths from this cause
in a year. From the bridge building and other causes
the dangers of the river are at present increased, and so
favorable a report would hardly have been expected.
Deaths 111
Public
Institutions.
In 1885, 29 persons died in various public
institutions, who claimed on more or less
reliable data to belong to this sub-district.
Some of these we of course admit as genuine parishioners,
viz:—those resident or recently resident in the parish,
but persons for years inmates of an infirmary or asylum,
or those who have only a casual relation to the district
can hardly be allowed to affect our mortality statistics.
The following Table (V.) classifies these deaths under
the mox-e important causes of death. Three were cases