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The deaths from all other causes, with the ages at death, will
be found fully detailed in Tables 2 and 6.
Inquests.
During the year 1889, there were held 57 inquests. The causes
which produced death are as follows:—
Natural causes .. .. .. .. .. 27
Poison, Accidental, Hydrochloric Acid .. 1
Pistol shot wound .. .. .. .. 5
Suffocation—Infants when in bed with parents 4
„ A man,caused by fulling out of bed 1
Injuries received from being knocked down or
run over in the street .. .. .. 4
In juries received from being thrown from a cab 2
' „ falling down stairs .. 2
,, from a window... ^
,, from a ladder .. 1
,, ., „ down a lift .. 2
„ „ ,, „ from a scaffold 2
„ „ whilst alighting from a train
at the Charing Cross Station .. .. 1
Not sufficient evidence to show the cause of
death—an infant .. .. .. .. 1
Found dead—Newly born .. .. .. 1
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The Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
Under the above Act, 17 samples of Milk, 1 of Carbolic Powder
and 1 Carbolic Acid were examined by your Analyst, and they
were all found genuine with the exception of 1 sample of milk, the
vendor of which was prosecuted with the result of being- fined
twenty shillings and costs.
Infectious Disease (Notification) Act.
This Act came into operation at the end of October, and its title
fully explains the purport of the measure. xVll cases of Small-pox,
Cholera, Diphtherin, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, Scarlet Fever,
and the fevers known by any of the following names:—Typhus