View report page

32
We find that the Vestries of the Parishes of St. George,
Hanover Square, and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Board of
Works for the Strand District, passed resolutions, in 1898, approving
of the course being taken which we recommend.
We beg to append copies from our past Reports, in so far as
they relate to Measles.
We have the honour to be,
Mr. Chairman, Lords, and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
W. H. CORFIELD, M.A., M.D., P.R.C.P.
JAMES EDMUNDS, M.D., M.R.C.P.
J. J. SKEGG, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.E.
JOHN NORTON, M.D., D.P.H.
F. J. ALLAN, M.D., D.P.H., F.R.S.E.
Medical Officers
of Health
for the City.
Inquests.
Twelve inquests were held of persons dying in the parish during
these three months. The causes of death were as follows:—
1. An infant, one month old, was accidentally suffocated from
being over-laid while in bed with its mother, at 8, Mercer
Street.
2. A male, 47 years of age (non-parishioner), died in the
Charing Cross Hospital of pleurisy and bronchitis.
3. A male, 64 years of age (non-parishioner), died in the
Charing Cross Hospital of delirium tremens, following
fracture of the ribs, caused by a fall downstairs.
4. A male, 48 years of age, of the Corps of Commissionaires,
died of heart disease as he was being conveyed to the
Charing Cross Hospital.
5. A male, 22 years of age (non-parishioner), died in the .
Charing Cross Hospital of shock from burns. The deceased
having broken a bottle of pure spirits in his trousers
pocket, which he then set light to with a match.