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except Measles, from which two deaths resulted. The
figures in the table are valuable as furnishing corroboration
of the indications of the health of the sub-district
derivable from the Statistics of Mortality on page 100.
The latter show the results of disease in one direction
only—that of fatality—whereas the former present the
favourable as well as fatal results of a given amount of
sickness, and thus furnish an index of the intensity of
disease that has prevailed generally. Thus the great
prevalence and fatality of diseases of the Respiratory
Organs and the great diminution in the amount and intensity
of epidemic diseases are prominently evidenced
by the figures contained in the table above referred to.
Inquests,
Violent
Deaths,
Uncertified
Deaths.
Fifty inquests were held during the year,
being 6 more than in 1886. In 36 instances
verdicts of death from natural causes were
returned, and in 13 from violence, or 5 less in
number than in the year preceding. 12 of the violent
deaths were accidental and 1 suicidal. In one instance
the cause of death was not specified. In 6 cases only
was the cause of death uncertified by medical testimony,
and each of these was submitted to the Coroner, who,
after investigation of the circumstances attending the
death, considered further inquiry unnecessary.
The following is a tabulated statement of the number
and sex of the persons who formed the subjects of the
inquests, with the verdicts of the latter;—