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CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 2,217 deaths registered 2,011, of 90.7 per cent.
were certified by registered medical practitioners and 204 by
Coroners after inquest, only two deaths being uncertified.
Inquests.
At the 204 inquests held on inhabitants of Fulham the
following verdicts were returned:—
TABLE XXVI.
Deaths from natural causes
103
Deaths through accident or misadventureRun
Over
9
Falls
19
Burns or Scalds
10
Drowning
1
Suffocation
2
Overlying in bed
18
Want of attention at birth
10
Surgical narcosis
2
Food poisoning
2
Other injuries
10
83
Suicide—
Poison
5
Gunshot
1
Cut throat
3
9
Homicide
1
Open Verdict—
Found Drowned
5
Newly born infants found dead
3
8
204