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The violent deaths were as follows: —
Accidents:
Suffocation (including 17 of infants under
one year) 19
Poison1
Burns5
Scalds2
Fractures and Contusions, 24, viz.—
Run over 4
Thrown from Carriage 1
Falls under various circumstances 19
— 24
Suicide: By hanging - 3
By poison - 1
By cut throat - 3
By pistol shot - 1
By drowning - 2
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The suicidal deaths comprise eight of males and two of
females (one each by hanging and drowning).
Among the deaths described as "sudden,"there were, as usual,
many from curable visceral diseases, and there must have been
culpable neglect of the deceased, no medical attendance having
been procured, although in numerous instances the illnesses
extended over many days, and were evidenced by obvious
symptoms of a more or less serious and painful nature. The
mere finding of the "cause of death" in such cases, seems
scarcely to satisfy the requirements of justice; considering that the
death of any person—but particularly of one very young or very
aged—from such diseases as pneumonia, bronchitis, &c., when
there has been no medical attendance, raises a presumption of