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or the fact that death has been caused by violence. In
many cases it was stated that the deceased had been "found
dead," in bed or otherwise.
The causes of death may be classified as follows:—
Deaths caused by disease 94
Accidental deaths 40
Suicidal „ 10
Homicidal „ 1
145
The diseases may be classified thus:—
Diseases of the brain and nervous system 27
„ „ organs of respiration and
circulation 55
Zymotic diseases 4
Other diseases 8
The violent deaths were caused as follows:—
Accident: Suffocation, (14 of infants
one year) 16
Poison, (Chloral and Chloroform) 2
Drowning 2
Falls, under various circumstances 5
Scalded 3
Run over by train 3, by cab 1 4
Thrown from cart 3
Kicked by horse 2
Hemorrhage from neglect at birth 1
Otherwise 2
Suicide: By hanging 2
By poison 5
By cut throat 2
By pistol shot 1
Wilful Murder : (of newly born infant) 1
Among the deaths described as "sudden," there were, as
usual, many from ordinary and curable visceral diseases, and
it is impossible to resist the conviction that the neglect to