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109
Males. Females. Total.
Deaths from natural causes 29 7 36
Deaths from violence, viz:—
Concussion of Brain from
a Fall 1
Scalds and Burns 1 1
Drowning 1 1
Accidental Fractures 1 2
Suffocation 1 2
Choked by a Piece of
Cheese 1 -
Suicidal Poisoned by Swallowing
Carbolic Acid - 1 1
Not specified Found Dead in Thames — 1 1
34 16 50
Sanitation. The sanitary proceedings of the year are
enumerated, as far as is practicable, in Table XIV. page
23, on reference to which it will be seen that a vast
amount of work, as represented by the inspection of
houses with the remedying their defects and the removal
of nuisances generally, has been accomplished. 4,449
houses were inspected, the number being 254 more than
in the year preceding. 740 notices were served to
remedy defects, or 215 more, while the second notices
required to be issued were 60, or 33 less than in 1886,
which would seem to indicate a greater readiness on the
part of owners and occupiers of houses to comply with
the requirements of the sanitary law than heretofore.
Irrespective of the greatly increased numbers in the
table arising out of the building of new houses, as in the
instance of new drains, water supply, &c., the figures
relating to important details are much higher than in
1886. The disinfection and purification of houses in
which infective diseases occurred were vigorously