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Croydon 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Cent. of the total deaths, as compared with 6.2 per cent. in
England and Wales, and of these deaths, 15 were ascribed to
natural causes, 17 to accident or negligence, and 1 to suicide.
Besides these, however, there were 10 uncertified deaths,
that is deaths, the causes of which were not certified either
by a medical man or by a coroner after inquest. The following
is a list of these deaths:—
Uncertified deaths, 1896.
| Parish. | Sex. | Age. | Alleged Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitcham | F. | 87 | Senile decay |
| Mitcham | F. | 86 | Senile decay. Syncope |
| Morden | M. | 87 | Failure of heart's action |
| Beddington | F. | 55 | Heart disease |
| Merton | F. | 61 | Heart disease |
| Mitcham | F. | 2 | Convulsions |
| Woodmansterne | M. | 31 | Hæmoptysis |
| Beddington | F. | 9 mos. | Malnutrition |
| Wallington | F. | 72 | Senile decay |
| Merton | F. | 3 mos. | Diarrhoea |
IV.—DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The deaths in the three institutions already mentioned
numbered 209 in 1896. of which 115 were of males, and 94 of
females, as compared with 208 in the previous year.
At Cane Hill Asylum, Coulsdon, one of the Metropolitan
County Asylums for the Insane, 160 deaths occurred, as compared
with 169 in 1895. The average daily number resident,
in 1896, was 2,110. Ten deaths were ascribed to pulmonary
consumption, 16 to other pulmonary diseases, and 1 to influenza.
Three deaths were the subjects of coroners' inquests, the cause
of death being ascribed to natural causes in two cases, and
accidental in the other.
At the Holborn Union Workhouse, in Mitcham, 40 deaths
occurred, the average daily number resident having been 700.
Five deaths were due to pulmonary consumption, 1 to diarrhoea,
and 1 to rheumatic fever.