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The distribution of the deaths in the sub-registration districts
is as follows:—
Regent's Park 1
Tottenham Court Road 1
Gray's Inn Lane 1
Somers Town 1
Camden Town 2
Kentish Town 8
VIOLENT DEATHS.
The deaths from violence in 1883 numbered 204, or. if
corrected, 162, being 41 more than in 1882.
Of these deaths 126 occurred from accident or negligence,
10 from homicide, and 26 from suicide, the last number
being greatly in excess of that registered during the previous
year. The number of infants suffocated during the year was
42, or 17 more than in 1882. Fractures and contusions
caused 53 deaths, and burns and scalds 16 deaths. There
were 468 inquest cases held in St. Pancra6 during 1883, or
39 more than in the preceding year.
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
The number of uncertified deaths in St. Pancras has
increased from six in 1882, to nine in 1883; they
occurred in the Somers Town, Camden Town, and Kentish
Town sub-registration districts only, and were in the proportion
of 1.9 in every 1,000 deaths. In London as a whole
they were in the proportion of 12.2 per 1,000 deaths, being
slightly in excess of the proportions estimated for the previous
year.
SANITARY CONDITION OF DIFFERENT SUB.
REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.
For the purposes of comparison, the following figures are
taken from the tables already given. In their preparation
the deaths of non-parishioners occurring in public institutions
in the Parish are excluded from consideration, while
the deaths of Parishioners occurring in Public Institutions
in all parts of the Metropolis are included, with the exception
of 87 deaths from "all causes," including 14 from Tubercular,
12 from Pulmonary, and 8 from Zymotic diseases, which
could not be referred to the districts to which they belong.