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ascertained by post mortem examination in 112 instances. Eightyfive
of the deceased were children under five, 53 being less than
one year old: 65 were aged between 5 and 60 years, and 22 were
above 60.
The "Violent Deaths" were 60 and of these 58 are accounted for
as inquest cases. The suddenness of death is put forward as the
ground for holding the inquest in 75 cases; in 33 cases the deceased
were found dead, in bed or otherwise. The reason for an
inquest having been held does not appear in respect of some 6 cases.
The verdicts may be classified as follows:—
Death due to disease 109
„ „ privation 2
„ „ unknown cause, " found dead" 3
Acccidental deaths 44
Suicidal „ 13
Homicidal 1—58
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The diseases may be classified thus:—
Diseases of the brain and nervous system (including
apoplexy 11 and convulsions 20) 37
Diseases of the respiratory organs (including spasm
of the glottis 6) 26
Diseases of the circulatory organs 28
„ „ other viscera 3
Debility 3, diarrhoea 2, scarlet fever 1, Dropsy 1,
Hernia 2 9
Congenital malformation of the heart 3
Various 3
The Violent Deaths were caused as follows:—
Accident.—Poison; opium 1, chloral 2, chlorodyne 1 4
Suffocation (infants under one) 12
Drowning 2
Choking 1
Falls, under various circumstances 13
Wounds 3