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The Mortuary.
The number of bodies depositied in the Mortuary during
the year was 343.
278 were removed to the Mortuary by the Coroner's order,
40 by the Police, 16 by the Relieving Officers, 5 by the Medical
Officer of Health, and 4 by the friends for the sake of convenience.
Nine bodies were deposited in that part of the Mortuary
set apart for infectious cases, 7 of the deaths were due to
Diphtheria and 2 to Puerperal Fever.
318 Inquests were held and 30 post mortem examinations
were made.
The deaths of the above were due to the following causes:
Alcoholism 4
Burns 4
Convulsions 50
Diarrhoea 4
Drowning 28
Heart Disease 56
Premature births 12
Still born 11
Suffocation while in bed with the parents 29
Strangulated Hernia 1
Suffocation due to vomiting 4
Suffocation due to a fit 1
Died under an anaesthetic 1
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 26
Cerebral Haemorrhage 21
Phthisis 14
Gastro Enteritis 3
Violence, Accidents, etc. 17
Peritonitis 2
Collapse of Lung 6
Rupture of Aneurism of Aorta 3
Bright's Disease 1
Hereditary Syphilis 1
Stricture of Oesophagus 1
Dropsy 1
Haemorrhage at birth 1
Inanition 5
Suffocation by Gas 2
Improper feeding 9
318