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85
Uncertified Deaths.
The causes of 801, or 11 per cent. of the registered deaths
in Registration London, were not certified either by a
registered medical practitioner or a coroner. In the four
preceding years the proportion ranged from 1.3 to 1.0 per
cent.
In England and Wales the proportion has steadily
declined from 4.7 in 1879 to 2-9 in 1889. In this district
only 3 deaths were returned by the Registrars as uncertified;
in each case the coroner considered an inquest unnecessary.
Inquests,
There were 73 inquests held on parishioners. 44 at
the Coroner's Court, Goldsmith Street, 11 at other convenient
places appointed by the Coroner, and 18 at public
hospitals and institutions outside the district, where the
deceased had been removed for treatment. 60 of the
deaths occurred to parishioners of St. Giles-in-the-Fields,
and 13 to parishioners of St. George, Bloomsbury. 42 died
from disease or natural causes, 22 resulted from different
kinds of violence, 7 committed suicide, and 2 were homicidal.
The inquest cases in St. Giles were in proportion of 8'0
per cent. of the total deaths from all causes.
In London the deaths from violence were considerably
below the corrected decennial average, a quarter of the
whole were deaths of infants under one year of age from
suffocation.
In England and Wales inquests were held in 29,079 cases,
or 5.6 per cent. of the total deaths. The reported deaths
from different kinds of violence were 17,038, or 3.3 per cent.
of the total deaths.