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Cholera.—Nil.
Diarrhœa.—Two deaths were due to this complaint, one of
of which occurred outside the parish.
Inquests.
During the year 1897, inquests were held in the Parish in
reference to the deaths of 63 persons, of whom 13 were residents,
and also 3 inquests were held respecting the deaths of parishioners
outside the Parish.
The causes which produced death were as fellows:—
Natural causes 21
Pistol Shot Wound (suicide) 3
Drowning 7
Burns and Scalds 4
Suffocation when in bed with parents (infants) 2
Poison, Prussic Acid (suicide) 1
„ Cyanide of Potassium (suicide) 1 3
„ Opium (suicide) 1
Injuries received from being run over or knocked
down by vehicles in the street 9
Injuries received from a fall from scaffold at
the Alhambra Theatre 1
Injuries received from falling off a van and
being run over by same 1
Injuries received from falling from window 2
„ to head from fall when iutoxicated 1
„ to throat (suicide) 2
,, received in a lift 1
,, „ on the line of the South
Eastern Railway Company 2
Injuries received through the overturning of
a cab 1