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Whooping Cough.—Four deaths were attributable to this
malady.
Fever.—This includes Typhus, Typhoid, Simple Continued Fever,
and Remittent Fever. A death from Typhus occurred in a gentleman
staying at a private hotel, he was ailing when he took up his
residence there. A death from Typhoid of a parishioner took place in
the Central London Sick Asylum Hospital, and an inmate of the
Strand Union Workhouse, who was formerly a resident of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, died of Typhoid Fever, making a total of
three.
Diarrhœa.—Five deaths were due to this complaint, one of
which was a non-resident who died in the Charing Cross Hospital,
this circumstance would credit the Parish with only four deaths,
This mortality is very low, and is attributable to the very cool
summer of 1888.
The deaths from all other causes, with the ages at death, will
be found fully detailed in Table 2.
Inquests.
During the year 1888, there were held 62 inquests. The causes
which produced death are as follows:—
Natural causes 26
Burns and Scalds 5
Poison, Lead Acetate 1
Oxalic Acid 1
Drowning 3
Pistol shot wound 1
Hanging 1
Suffocation—Infant when in bed with parents 1
„ Newly born infant 1
Strangulation—Newly born infant 1
Found dead in Green Park—Newly born infant 1
Injuries received in falling when in a fit 1
„ ,, from being knocked down or
run over in the street 7
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