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Inquests. Inquests were held in the district on 20 deaths.
Verdicts were as follows:—
(1) Natural Causes 2
(2) Suicide by—
Haemorrhage from cut throat 1
Drowning in bath of water 2
Drowning in river 1
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(3) Accidental Deaths—
Fall in home 5
Accident on Underground 1
Collision with trolley bus 1
Asphyxia caused by bedclothes 1
Electrocution 1
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(4) Misadventure—
Asphyxia due to swallowing regurgitated
Barium Meal 1
Overdose of luminal tablets 1
Fall in garden 1
Coronary thrombosis accelerated by
administration of trilene anassthesia 1
Septicaemia following puncture of
of thumb by thorn 1
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20
Road accidents were responsible for 2 of the total deaths
compared with 3 in 1943.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
There were 148 deaths from Heart Disease, the highest
number of deaths from any single cause; 107 from Cancer,
by which this cause maintains second place, and 72 from other
violent causes, a most unusual number comprised very largely
of deaths from enemy attack; a cause which we gratefully
note will not be recorded in any subsequent year.
Deaths from Tuberculosis have again fallen slightly compared
both with last year's figure and the figures for the past
ten years."
The appended tables show the numbers of deaths and the
death rates from Cancer during the past ten years. It will be
noticed that the death rate is the same as last year and that
there is no change apparent yet in the upward trend during
recent years.
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