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The Suicidal Deaths, 9, of which 3 belong to the
Brompton sub-district, comprise 7 of males and 2 of females. The
females, aged 31 and 38 respectively, died by drowning,
and by cut throat. The cause of death in the male sex was
poison, 4, pistol-shot wound, 2, and hanging. The specified
poisons employed were bichromate of potash, sulphuric acid,
laudanum, and strychnine. Two deaths by chloral hydrate were
not returned as suicidal, and therefore have been classified as
accidental. In other two violent deaths, open verdicts were
returned, and the deaths therefore have been classified as
accidental.
The Homicidal Deaths registered were 2, viz., of a man
aged 30, who was killed in a fight or scuffle by falling against
the kerb (manslaughter), and of a newly-born infant found in a
mutilated condition in a drain. The verdict of "wilful
murder," in this case, however, was not ratified upon further
inquiry.
Among the deaths described as "sudden/' "found dead,"
etc., there were, as usual, many due to curable visceral diseases,
and there must have been culpable neglect of the deceased, in
that medical attendance had not been procured, although the
illnesses probably extended over many days, and could scarcely