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The accidents of the year were due to, or
occurred in connection with, the following:—
In building operations 2 Through neglect at birth 3
By horses, vehicles, &c. 6 By falls, not specified 10
On railways 3 „ poison (oxalic acid) 1
By suffocation (including
laid" 14, & accidents at birth 2) 17 „ injury (not stated what) 1
Through exposure to weather 1
By the clothes catching fire (not
conflagrations) 3
Verdicts of "misadventure" were returned in
connection with the following deaths:—
By poison 3 viz., opium 2, and cocaine 1.
„ suffocation 1 "probably an epileptic fit in bed."
„ fire at sea 1 on s.s. "Iona."
Death was declared to have been due to violence,
but how, or by whom caused, was not set forth in 3
cases of drowning in the canals, in respect of
2 deaths of children who died at, or immediately
after birth, and 1 death by a fall.
The suicides were effected in the following
manner:—
By hanging 3 all men.
„ cutting the throat 1 a woman.
„ pistol shot 2 both men.
„ poison 5 3 men and 2 women; carbolic acid
used 4 times, and opium once.
„ drowning 2 1 man and 1 woman.
"Otherwise" 2 1 woman threw herself out of window,
1 man threw himself under a train.
The cases of manslaughter were both the results
of fighting. The murder cases were those of a
woman aged 30, shot by her husband, and a newborn
infant, suffocated.
In respect of 2 deaths there was neither medical