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Sickness and
Mortality
amongst the
Parochial
Poor.
The amount and nature of the sickness, with
its resulting fatality, that occurred amongst
the Parochial Poor during the year, are exhibited
in Table XII. of the Introductory Report
on the Entire District on page 20. The total number
of new cases that came under treatment was 823, and
the total number of deaths 30, or 3.6 per cent.; the
average number of cases during the previous ten years
was 662 with 30 deaths, or 4.5 per cent. The most
numerous of the Non-Zymotic diseases were those of the
Organs of Respiration; they amounted to 240, and
resulted in 7 deaths. Of Epidemic diseases there were
135 cases with 8 deaths or a little under 6 per cent.,
which corresponds closely with the average. The number
ot cases and fatal results of these diseases were:—
Influenza, 53 with 1 death; Measles, 35 with 3 deaths;
Whooping-cough, 11 with 2 deaths; and Diarrhoea, 27
with 2 deaths. 1 case of Diphtheria and 8 of Erysipelas
were unattended with fatality.
Inquests,
Deaths from
Violence,
Uncertified
Deaths.
The number of Inquests held during the
year was 62, and exceeded that of the previous
year by 27. The subjects of inquiry were
24 males and 38 females, whose deaths were
thus referred:—To natural causes 30; to Violence 31,
of which 22 were Accidental, 6 Homicidal, and 3 Suicidal;
and in one instance the cause of death was undetermined.
Every death during the past year was certified by
medical testimony.
Eurther details and verdicts of the inquests are shewn
in the following table:—