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ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
The number who died as a result of accident other than motor vehicle accident was
lower—14 in 1961 compared with 24 in 1960. Six of the accidental deaths were the result
of accident in the home, and three happened in hospital.
Six elderly persons died from the consequences of falls, three from accidents at home
and three from accidents in hospital. Two persons were found drowned; one died from
septic poisoning following a comparatively trivial crushing injury, one man at work was
struck by a falling object, one was asphyxiated in a fire at home, one died from coal gas
poisoning at home, and one by inhalation of vomit at home. A child died following a
blow at play. There were eight suicides, three swallowed drugs, one drowned, and four
died from gas poisoning, the ages of these varied from 29 to 66.
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