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Suicide.
Cut, Stab 2
Gunshot Wounds 2
Drowning 1
Poison 2
Hanging 3
Otherwise 1
Homicide. 11
Murder 1
Manslaughter 1
— 82
The death-rate from violence was 0.74, as against 0.75
for London.
CLASS VIII.—ILL.DEFINED AND NOT
SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Under this heading there were 139 deaths, the great
majority, viz., 125, being certified as due to Debility,Inanition,
or Marasmus.
CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
.
Of the 2195 deaths registered, 1989, or 90.6 per cent.,
were duly certified by registered medical practitioners, and
196, or 8.9 per cent., by the Coroner after inquest, while
the causes of 10, or 0.5 per cent., were uncertified.
INQUESTS.
Of the 196 inquests held on parishioners, 167 were held
in the parish, and 29 at institutions outside.
The subjects were, males, 108; females, 88; and their
ages—
Under 5 89
5 to 60 76
Over 60 31
114 deaths were due to natural causes and 82 to violence.