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It is to be noted that of the 688 deaths that occurred during
the year, 266 took place outside the District of Enfield; most of
these were Enfield residents who died at the North Middlesex
Hospital, Edmonton.
Once again one notes the large number of deaths from
Malignant Disease that have occurred during the year, 84 out of
a total of 688. Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System account
for 47 deaths. This means that these two dire diseases have caused
131 deaths out of 688, or 19 per cent.
INQUESTS, ETC.
Eighteen inquests and twenty P.M.'s without inquests were held
in Enfield during the year, and the verdicts were as follows:—
Natural Causes 19
Accidental Causes and Misadventure 12
Open Verdict 1
Suicides 6
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I regret to see the increase in the number of suicides that have
occurred during the year. It occurs to me that this is largely
due to the continued reports in the newspapers of these oases of
suicides, and the method by which life was taken. One must
remember that if 6 individuals succeeded in committing suicide
during the year, there is a large number of others who have
attempted suicide and failed. To those whose lives are unhappy
and who feel the strain of life under modern conditions, the
repeated reading of these reports of suicides acts as an incentive
to the commission of this felony, and I feel very strongly that steps
should be taken to prevent newspapers reporting at any length,
if at all, on these cases.