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72
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
inquests. 21 inquests were held, resulting in the
following verdicts:—
Males. Females. Total
Natural Causes— Syncope 4 3 7
Strangulated hernia — 1 1
Cerebral haemorrhage — ] 1
Pleurisy 1 — 1
Accidental— Thrown out of van 1 — 1
Train accident I — 1
Cerebral congestion — 1 1
Suffocation in bed 2 1 3
Suicidal— . Drowning — 1 1
Carbolio Acid poisoning — 1 1
Irritant poisoning — 1 1
Open Verdicts— Drowning 2 —2
11 10 21
Uncertified deaths in which the ooroner
considered an inquest unnecessary .. 1
sanitary From the summary of sanitary operations
work. given in Table XVI., it will be seen that
there has been a considerable increase in the number
of houses and premises inspected. The number has
increased since last year from 2,740 to 3,108. This is
exceedingly satisfactory, and is as it should be. The
number of inhabited houses is constantly increasing
and requires constantly more inspection. 658 preliminary,
and 46 statutory notices were served. Two
cases were investigated by the magistrate and, in both,
compulsory orders were obtained. 69 rooms were
disinfected after infectious disease, and in 46 cases the
bedding was stoved.
Overcrowding was abated in five cases. In one case
a closing order was obtained under the Public Health
Act.
Houses let in The Bye-Laws, in regard to these houses, are
Lodgings, practically non-operative in this sub-district.