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The grounds for holding inquests are usually the suddenness
of death, or the circumstance that death had been caused by
violence. In many instances the Coroner's returns show that
the deceased had been "found dead," in bed or otherwise.
The causes of death may be classified as follows:—
Deaths caused by disease 120
Deaths caused by Violence—
Accidental 61
Suicidal 5
Homicidal 1
67
Total 187
The fatal diseases may be classified as follows:—
Diseases of the brain and nervous system
(including convulsions 11, and spasm
of the gbttis 1) 25
Diseases of the circulatory and respiratory
systems 78
Other visceral diseases 4
Tubercular diseases, including phthisis 3
"Syncope" 2
Zymotic diseases (diphtheria 1, scarlet
fever 1) 2
Rupture of cyst; thrush; alcoholism;
atelectasis; debility from birth; inanition
through innutrition of mother's milk
(one death ascribed to each cause) 6
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