View report page

21
tubercular disease he added together, it will be seen
that during the last two years 433 deaths arose each
year from these combined causes.
From diseases of the Brain and nerves 110 deaths
arose. From diseases of the Digestive Organs 41; while
to Premature Births 09 deaths were ascribed ; and from
Age 22 deaths.
Inquests.—The Coroner held 43 judicial investigations
into the cause of death during the year in the subdistrict,
and in addition, 23 cases of death in which no
medical certificate was forthcoming, were submitted for
his consideration; he deciding in these latter that no
inquest was necessary.
The verdicts returned by the several juries were as
follows:—
From Natural causes 12
From Accidental causes—
Asphyxia (overlaid 7) 8
Drowned 5
Killed on Railway 5
Concussion, Falls, &c. 4
Scald 1—23
Homicidal—
Suicide—Cut Throat 2
„ Poison 2
„ on Railway 1
,, Shot 1—6
Wilful Murder 2—8
43
The verdict of wilful murder was found in the very
distressing case of the woman, Amy Pleasance, who cut
her younger child into pieces, in all probability in the
parish of Chelsea, and drowned the elder, when she
found that she was suspected, in the lake in Battersea
Park.