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In a population of 24,993, 470 deaths amount to a
death-rate of 18 80 for each 1,000 persons living.
During the year 1893, 28 bodies were removed into the
Mortuary. Twenty-two inquests have been held upon
bodies lying in the Mortuary, and 21 post-mortem examinations
for judicial purposes have been made in the Examination
Room adjoining the Mortuary.
The following table gives a summary of the certified
causes of death among persons dying in outlying institutions,
but reported as having come from the district of St.
James's, Westminster:—
Abscess
1
Atrophy
1
Brain Disease
16
Bronchitis
9
Broncho-Pneumonia
3
Cancer
7
Convulsions (Puerperal)
1
Cyst (Abdominal) Ruptured
1
Diphtheria
9
Dysentery
1
Enteritis
2
Epilepsy
1
Gout
2
Haemorrhage (Puerperal)
1
Heart Disease
10
Hyper-Pyrexia
1
Intestinal Obstruction
2
Kidney Disease
9
Liver Disease
1
Neuritis
1
Paralysis
1
Phthisis
29