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Cancer carried off 85 individuals, and Tuberculosis of the
Respiratory System 36, a combined number of 121.
This compares with a total of 130 for last year, and the percentage
of deaths from these two causes is 17.1 as against 18.5
for 1932.
INQUESTS.
Twenty-two inquests and twenty-four P.M.s without inquests
were held in Enfield during the year, and the verdicts were as
follows:—
Natural Causes 26
Accidental Causes 9
Suicides 8
Open Verdict 2
Murder 1
The above table shows that 8 persons committed suicide
during the year under review. In 1932 there were 8, and in
1931, 8.
The ages and sexes of the 8 people who committed suicide
during the year were as follows:—
Males, 18, 28, 32, 40, 41 and 58 years.
Females, 27 and 48 years.
SUICIDES.
1 would draw attention to the younger age at which suicides
are taking place.
Most cases of suicide have tended, in the past, to occur during
the latter years of life.
The causes of death were as follows
2 to Multiple injuries due to being run over by a Railway train.
3 to Coal gas poisoning.
1 to Cut throat.
1 to shock due to sudden immersion in a river.
1 to Acute oxalic acid poisoning.
In 1932 of 12 suicides either in the District or of Enfield
residents outside, 10 were older than 45 years.