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latter group 62 occurred between 60 and 70 years of age; 36 between
70 and 80; and 18 between 80 and 90. Two females died of "old
age" at 90 and 92 years respectively. Five inquests were held during
the year, the verdicts returned being "Disease of the heart, accelerated
by cold;" a woman of 73 found destitute in the streets; "Tabes mesenterica,"
a child of eight months erroneously supposed to have died
of starvation; "Suffocation, accidental," a child of three days old;
"Rupture of the Intestinea male of 69; "Pneumoniaan epileptic
man of 24.