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Uncertified Deaths.
J he following three deaths were returned by the local
registrars as uncertified, either by a qualified medical practitioner
or by the Coroner.
The particulars given in each case were as follows :—
(1) A female, set. 53, died from weak heart; the medical
attendant did not arrive until after death.
(2) A female, set. 3, died from measles. No medical
attendant.
(3) A female, set. 52, died from syncope on her way to
a public hospital.
The Coroner was informed in each case, but did not
consider an inquest necessary.
In London, of the total deaths registered, the causes of
821, or 0.9 per cent., were not certified.
In England and Wales the causes of 15,947, or 2'8 per
cent. of the total deaths, were not certified ; this proportion,
as in recent years, again showing a decline.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
(Within the District.)
(A.) The Workhouse, Broad Street.
The officers of the Guardians kindly informed me that the
number of inmates in the Workhouse during the past year
averaged 652, being 29 less than were provided for in the
year 1889.
There were 173 deaths in the Workhouse, and 97 at the
Central Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street, a total of 270
pauper deaths, and equal to a death-rate of 41.4 per 1,000.
The senile mortality is largely accountable for this heavy
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