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Cancer carried off 130 individuals, and Tuberculosis of the
Respiratory System 51, a combined number of 181.
This compares with a total of 193 for last year, and the percentage
of deaths from these two causes is 19.8, as against 23.9
for 1936.
INQUESTS.
Twenty-six inquests and forty P.M.s without inquests
were held in Enfield during the year, and the verdicts were as
follows:—
Natural Causes 42
Accidental Causes 13
Suicides 9
Misadventure 1
Open Verdict 1
The above table shows that 9 persons committed suicide
during the year under review. In 1936 there were 9, and in
1935, 4.
The ages and sexes of the 9 people who committed suicide
during the year were as follows:—
Males 24, 30, 62, 66, 69 and 70 years.
Females 19, 38 and 56 years.
The causes of death, sex and ages of Enfield residents who
committed suicide in or outside the District were as follows:
6 Coal Gas Poisoning Males: Ages 30, 30 and 66.
Females: Ages 19, 38 and 56
1 Cut Throat Male: Age 70 years.
1 Poisoned by drinking Prussic
Acid Male: Age 69 years.
1 Poisoned by drinking Lysol Male: Age 24 years.
1 Poisoned by drinking San-Izal Male: Age 65 years.
1 Poisoned by taking massive
dose of Aspirin Female: Age 22 years.
1 Drowned in a River Male: Age 62 years.
1 Crushing of Chest and Aorta
caused by being run over
by a Lorry Male: Age 59 years.