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All other accidents. Apart from accidents due to motor vehicles, 19 deaths
(31 in the previous year) are recorded in the Registrar General's statistics
under the classification "all other accidents":-
Age groups
Males
Females
Total
Under 1 year
-
-
-
1-4 years
-
1
1
5-14 years
1
1
2
15-24 years
-
-
-
25-44 years
-
-
-
45-64 years
1
-
1
65-74 years
1
4
5
75 years and upwards
3
7
10
6
13
19
Age Cause of death
Males - 9 years Drowning in River Lea.
52 years Nembutal poisoning - taken in a medicinal overdose.
69 years Asphyxia,. Inhaled pieces of meat in food.
76 years Coal gas poisoning Pound dead with gas tap turned on
in room, in circumstances unknown
79 years Coal gas poisoning Turned on gas tap and forgot to
light it.,
87 years Fractured femur, Pell in getting into bed.
Females - 4 years Bronchopneumonia. Burns of body. Clothing caught
fire from fireplace at home.
7 years Toxaemia, due to burns. Clothing caught fire at
home.
68 years Chronic bronchitis and emphysema, accelerated by
fractured femur. Fell to floor.
68 years Coal gas poisoning. Turned on gas in kitchen without
lighting it.
70 years Coal gas poisoning. Turned on gas in kitchen and
failed to light it.
71 years Cerebral laceration and intracranial haemorrhage. Fall
from steps into area at home.
76 years Carbon monoxide poisoning from inhalation of domestic
gas at home.
83 years Coal gas poisoning. Turned on gas tap and failed to
light it.
83 years Suppurative bronchitis following fracture of pelvis and
ribs and diabetic coma - fall at home.
84 years Drowning. Not fully nor further disclosed by
evidence.
85 years Coal gas poisoning. Turned on gas tap and failed
to light it.
85 years Cerebral softening resulting from carbon monoxide
poisoning, due to the inhalation of coal gas,
86 years Cerebral compression. Fractured skull and ribs Fall
to floor on stairs at home.