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if this extension of it by personal contact were stopped,
we should have very few cases to deal with.
Diarrhoea was the cause of fewer deaths than last year.
This is to a large extent due to the coolness of the summer
months, during which the death-rate from this cause
is usually highest.
inquests. Twenty inquests were held during the year,
and the following verdicts returned:—
1. From Natural Causes 8
2. Accidental—Falls 3
Poisoning by Carbolic Acid 1
Poisoning by Coal Gas 1
Poisoning by Alcohol 1
Asphyxia—Children found
suffocated in bed 5—11
2. Suicide—Hanging 1
Total 20
Uncertified Nine uncertified deaths occurred during the
Deaths. year, two on statements by midwifes and seven
on letters from the coroner.
Sanitary During the year 3,589 houses and premises
Proceeding
of the year, have been inspected, and the total number of
nuisances dealt with, amounted to 2,863, of these 2,323
were abated under notice, and 540 under promise.
The table on page 18, gives a statement of the nuisances
dealt with, that can be conveniently classified.
The number of unclassified nuisances were 216 viz:—
39 new ventilating pipes, 15 ventilating pipes repaired,
29 water pipes repaired, 7 water closets ventilated, 24
soil-pipes repaired, 5 cases of carpet beating, 2 cases of clay
burning, 9 workshops cleaned, 8 cases of insufficient water
supply, 9 cases of water in the basements of houses, 8