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Diarrhcea.—Three deaths from infantile Diarrhoea were
recorded.
The deaths from all causes, with the ages at death of those who
died in the Parish, and also of those parishioners who died in
public institutions outside the district will be found fully detailed in
Tables 2 and 6.
Inquests.
During the year 1895 inquests were held in the Parish in
reference to the deaths of 54 persons, of whom 12 were residents,
and also 5 inquests were held respecting the deaths of parishioners
outside the Parish.
The causes which produced death were as follows:—
Natural causes 19
Pistol Shot Wound (suicide) 2
Drowning 5
Hanging (suicide) 1
Poison, prussic acid (suicide) 1
,, chloride of zinc (suicide) 1
„ opium (self-administered by 1 4
mistake)
„ irritant (no evidence to show 1
how administered)
Suffocation (infant) from paper impacted in
throat 1
Newly-born children found dead in public places 3
Injuries received from being run over by cabs 5
„ „ „ fall from roof of a piece
of iron gutter 1
Injuries received from being thrown from a
carriage, the horses having run away 1
Injuries received from a fall down stairs 1
,, „ „ „ from window into
street 3