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age, and due to the more common diseases of senility, as Brain
disease 8, Lung and Heart disease 16, Cancer 3, Intestinal
diseases 3, " Old Age " 2, other diseases 4.
The Parish Infirmary.—At this large and important hospital
there were 221 deaths, viz., in the four quarters respectively
61, 40, 44, and 76; males 117, females 104. The deaths included
37 of infants under one year of age, and 86 of persons
above 60 years of age, viz., between 60 and 70, 36; 70—80, 38;
80—90, 11; at 97, 1. Inquests were held in three cases, the
verdicts returned being (1) "Sudden, apoplexy, natural causes,"
(2) " Fall from a window, accidental," (3) " Fall from a ladder,
accidental."

INQUESTS.
A large proportion of deaths form the subject of enquiry in
the Coroner's Court. Last year the number was 172, viz., 152 in
the Town sub-district and 20 in Brompton, equal to 6-4 per cent, of
the total deaths. One hundred of the subjects of enquiry were
below the age of five years, 80 being less than a year old, mostly
in fact infants of a few hours, days, or weeks. Forty-eight
inquests were held on persons between the ages of 5 and 60, and
24 on persons above the age of 60. The great majority of the
deaths were due to disease. Thus of the 99 sudden deaths the
causes of death as found by post mortem examination (and post
mortem examinations were made in 154 out of the total of
172 cases) were as follows:—