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| XIII.—Affections Produced by External Causes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 155 | Suicide by Poison | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | l | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | _ | — |
| 156 | Suicide by Asphyxia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 157 | Suicide by Hanging or Strangulation | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | l | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 158 | Suicide by Drowning | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 159 | Suicide by Firearms | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 160 | Suicide by cutting and piercing instruments | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | l | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | l | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — |
| 161 | Suicide from jumping from high place | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 162 | Suicide by Crushing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 163 | Other Suicides | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 164 | Poisoning by Food | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 165 | Other Acute Poisonings | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 166 | Conflagration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 167 | Burns, Conflagration excepted | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | l | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | l | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| 168 | Absorption of Deleterious Gases, Conflagration excepted | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7 | 2 | — | — |
| 169 | Accidental Drowning | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 170 | Injury by Firearms | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 171 | Injury by cutting or piercing instruments | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 172 | Injury by Fall | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 173 | Injury in mines and quarries | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 174 | Injury by Machines | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 175 | Injury by other Crushing—vehicles, railways, landslides, &c. | 18 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 176 | Injury by Animals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 177 | Starvation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 178 | Excessive cold | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 179 | Effects of heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 180 | Lightning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 181 | Electricity, lighthing excepted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |