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The Suicidal Deaths (none of which belong to the
Brompton sub-district), comprised 13 of males and 3 of females.
Among the deaths described as "sudden," and in cases
of persons "found dead," &c., there were, as usual, many
due to curable visceral diseases; and there must have been
culpable neglect of the deceased, in that medical attendance
had not been procured, although the illnesses doubtless, extended
over many days, and could scarcely have failed to be marked
by obvious symptoms of a more or less serious and painful
nature. The mere finding of the "cause of death," in such
cases, seems scarcely to satisfy the requirements of justice;
considering that the death of any person—and particularly of
one very young or very aged—from such diseases as pneumonia,
bronchitis, &c., when there has been no medical
attendance, raises a presumption of neglect which would
justify a verdict of "manslaughter," equally as in the case of
the "peculiar people," who, whilst treating their sick with
care in other respects refuse, on mistaken "conscientious"
grounds, to employ medical assistance, and who, as a consequence
of such refusal, have, on several occasions, been
found guilty of manslaughter.
The inquest cases in Kensington were in the proportion
of 6.6 per-cent. of the total deaths: the rate in the Metropolis
was 6.8 per-cent., and in England and Wales 5.7 per-cent.
The reported deaths from different forms of violence
were equal to 2.9 per-cent. of the deaths from all causes in
Kensington, the proportion in the Metropolis being 3.7 percent.,
and in England and Wales 3.3 per-cent.
METEOROLOGY.
The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in 1892,
was 48.1° Fahrenheit: 0.5 below the average in 121 years,
and 1.1 below the average of 51 years: the means in the four
quarters respectively, were 37.5, 53.4, 59.2 and 42.3, The