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The remaining 27 enquiries were held at Hospitals and Institutions
outside our parochial area.
Of the total Inquests the verdicts were recorded as follows:
Death due to Natural Causes 48
Accident or Neglect—
Deaths due to Injuries the result of blows, falls. &c 9
,, ,, from burns, scalds, &c. 7
„ ,, ,, being run over 4
,, ,, „ Hernia 1
,, Accidental Shooting 1
,, ,, Drowning 2
,, ,, Suffocation in bed with parents 14
,, Misadventure by improper feeding 1
,, Alcoholic excesses 10
,, Suicide by Hanging 1
„ ,, Railway Train 1
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Returns of Sickness and Mortality.
On pages 14-24 the following tables will be found. Nos. 1 to
4 being the new tables adopted and issued by the Local Government
Board, with the object that the tabular statements of
sickness and mortality should be made on a uniform plan in all
the Sanitary Districts.
Table 1 relates to the number and rates of births and deaths
under one year, also of all ages and the data upon which the
death rate is based, also for the purpose of comparing the
corresponding figures for the previous ten years.
Table 2 contains births and the deaths corrected by the
exclusion of non-parisliioners who have died in public institutions
within the Parish, and the inclusion of parishioners who have
died during the year outside the sanitary area, and distributed
among the localities to which the deceased belonged, this table
also shows the corresponding figures for the previous ten years.
Table 3 deals with the cases of infectious disease which have
been notified during the year, classified according to the ages of
the patients and the localities in which they resided, also the
number of such cases removed to hospital.