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House" are those bathers who have sunk in deep water,
and, after the lapse of from 2½ to 4 minutes, have been
brought to the surface again by means of the drags, and
were treated at the house by the Society's Medical Officer.
Statement showing the number of Immersions, Deaths,
Broken Limbs, Dislocations, Severe Cuts and Concussions on
the Ice during 20 years, from 1844 to 1864—
Immersed and rescued, 230; drowned, 4 ; broken limbs
and dislocations, 3; severely cut heads and concussions,
148.
Note.—Many of the 230 rescued were extremely bad
cases, and were extricated from the ice with difficulty.
This remark applies to all the parks. One young man
in the drowned column lost his life by venturing upon the
Serpentine after a 12 hours' frost, at 9 o'clock p.m. The
night was dark, and the icemen had been dismissed from
duty. He with three of his companions broke through the
ice in the middle of the broadest part of the lake. Three
out of the four were rescued with much exertion by the
resident officers at the receiving house. The remaining
three were lost by disregarding the caution put up to mark
the dangerous parts of the ice.