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Court belonging to this Parish, and the cause of death was
ascertained by post-mortem examination in 50 instances.
The remaining 30 inquiries were held at Hospitals and
Institutions outside our Parochial area.
Of the total Inquests the results were recorded as follows:—
Deaths due to Natural Causes 50
Accident or Neglect—
Deaths due to Injuries the result of blows, falls, &c. 12
,, ,, from burns 6
,, „ „ being run over 6
,, Strangulated Hernia 1
,, Tetanus following injury to Foot 1
Suffocation—accidental Drowning 8
,, while in bed with parents 19
,, a Fit
Hemorrhage from Varicose Veins 1
Alcoholic excess 5
Suicide by Hanging 4
,, Drowning 1
„ Poison 1
Still-born 4
115
In the early part of the year, the Medical Officer of Health of
the London County council made a report dealing with the deathrate
of the Parish of St. Luke, which report was followed later
by comments in the medical and lay press upon the high birth
and death-rates of the parish, and by way of reply I had the
honour of submitting the following observations and report for
the consideration of your Vestry.
" Referring to the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of
Health tor the County of London for 1895, I wish to make the
following observations:—
" The corrected death-rate is stated to be 31-9 per 1,000 of the
persons living, is estimated upon a population of 41,676, and is
the highest death-rate of the 43 Metropolitan Sanitary Districts.
My estimate of the population for the year under consideration
was 43,175, which gave a death-rate of 28.1, but the Census of
1896 enabled a more correct result to be arrived at, and the
figures contained in Mr. Shirley Murphy's Report are no doubt,
the more correct.