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Tuberculosis.
The mortality from Tubercular Diseases is dealt with in Section
"D" of this Report.
Child Mortality.
The deaths of children under five years of age are referred to in
Section "E"
Violent Deaths (excluding Suicide).
19 deaths were classified under this heading as compared with
20 in 1919. The causes of death were as follows:—4 were due to falls
indoors, and 4 to falls out of doors; 6 to injuries caused by being
knocked down or run over by motor or tram cars, etc., and 1 to poisoning.
Occurring among children 3 deaths were due to suffocation, and 1 to
injury to head. No death due to overlying was registered in the year.
Suicide.
11 persons committed suicide, the number in 1919 being 10.
The causes of death were as follows:—Asphyxia by coal gas, 1;
hanging or strangulation by rope or cord, 2; drowning, 2; cut throat
with razor, 5; jumping from window, 1.