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These 283 deaths give 1 death for every 4-l registered
deaths.
Uncertified Deaths.
Of the 1,170 deaths recorded in Table 3, Appendix, 4
only were uncertified, i.e.. no certificate of the cause of
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death was produced to the local registrar's from a duly
qualified registered medical practitioner.
It is satisfactory to find that the 4 persons whose deaths
are mentioned above were attended by Medical Students
or Mid wives.
In all London, 984 cases or 1.22 per cent, of the deaths
registered, the cause of death was not certified either by a
coroner or by a registered medical practitioner.
The Workhouse, Broad Street.
There were 280 pauper deaths during the year, viz.:—
206 at the Workhouse.
56 at the Central Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street.
1 „ Highgate Infirmary.
2 „ Edmonton „
5 „ Darenth „
4 „ Caterham ,,
6 „ Stockwell Fever Hospital.
Public Mortuary and Coroner's Court.
From the opening of the new building in April, 1883,
to the end of the year, 53 bodies were received, 25 postmortem
examinations made, and 44 inquests held.
Inquests.
There were 99 inquests; 19 of the deaths occurred in St.
George, Bloomsbury, and 80 in St. Giles-in-the-Fields.