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Inquests. Inquests were held on 22 deaths occurring in the
district, 12 of which were in respect of residents. The verdicts
returned were as follows:—
(1) Accidental Deaths—
Collision with motor vehicles 5
Fall at home 2
Coal gas poisoning 2
Electrocution 1
— 10
(2) Misadventure—
Asphyxia from drowning 1
Cardiac failure due to chronic tonsillor
sepsis, accelerated by
anaesthetic 1
— 2
(3) Suicide by—
Asphyxia due to hanging 2
Coal gas poisoning 4
Gunshot wound 1
Pheno-Barbitone poisoning 1
— 8
(4) Murder by—
Coal gas poisoning 1
— 1
(5) Open Verdict—
Asphyxia from drowning 1
— 1
22
The total number of inquests held were seven more than
in the year before. Road accidents were responsible for five of
the total accidental deaths, compared with six for the previous
year.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The expectation of life at birth in England today is 65 years.
It has been said that our span of life is predetermined at birth,
that it is an hereditary factor. If this were so this expectation
would be the real expectation of life. The statistical expectation
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