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''overlaid," 19. Eighteen of these "accidents" occurred to
children of less than one year old. All of the deaths from
suffocation were registered in the Town sub-district.
2. Homicide.—Manslaughter, three deaths.
3. Suicide. — Total deaths, 18, including 6 in Brompton;
viz., by Gun-shot Wounds, 2; Cut, Stab, 4; Poison, 5;
Drowning, 3; Suffocation, 3; '• Otherwise," 1.
4. Execution.—One death.
Class VIII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and not
Specified Causes.
This Class includes the causes of 126 deaths, 109 under
five years of age, and 94 under one year: 104 and 22 in the
Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively. The causes
named are: Debility, Atrophy, Inanition?, 96 deaths (all
under five years of age, and 87 under one year); Dropsy, 1;
Mortification, 5; Tumour, 1; Abac ess, 11; and Hemorrhage,
3. To "Causes not Specified or Ill-defined," 9 deaths were
ascribed.
The table on page 64, which is a Summary of table III.
(appendix) shows the number of deaths from the various
diseases in the several Classes and Orders.