Table VIII-RETURN of DEAD BODIES brought by the POLICE to the PUBLIC MORTUARY during each Month of the Year 1892.
EUROPEANS AND
OTHER NATIONAL- |
CRINESE.
AMERICANS.
ITIES.
CAUSE OF DEATH: REPORTED, PROBABLE OR ASCERTAINED BY EXAMINATION.
ACCIDENTAL.
SUICIDAL.
HOMICIDAL
and Cerebral Concussion.
I
606
:
:
N
:
:
ос
:
է:
:
N
Shock from Lightning.
Asphyxia from Landslip.
Strangulation by a Paper-
mill's Engine.
Shock and Homorrlage
from a Fractured Leg.
Syncope caused by Jump-
ing into the Water,
Burnt in a Fire.
Wounds and Laceration of
Right Lung.
Poisoning by rome Nar-
cotic Substance.
Opium Poisoning.
Hanging.
Drowning.
Incised Wounds of Abdo-
men and Neck.
Concussion and Fracture
of Skall caused by Jump- ing froin a House,
Bullet Wounds of Temples
and Forehead.
Hæmorrhage from Rup-
tured Spleen.
Incised Wounds of Neck,
&c.
Hoamrrhage from Stab- bing into the Right Lung and from incised Wounds
of Head, Neck, &c.
Incised Wounds of Head
and Neck, &c.
Compound Depressed Frae-
ture of Skull.
Syncope from Blows inflict-
ed in the Abdomen.
TOTAL.
March,
T
January, .....
February,
Male.
:
Female.
: :
Malc.
:
Female.
N
6
-I
- I
Male.
:
الممل
3
:
:
6
Τ
5
I
T
Female.
Male.
Female.
Male.
: Female.
6
Male.
Female.
MONTHS.
Adults. Children. Adults. Children. Adults. Children.]
From Disease.
Drowning.
Fracture of Cervical Ver-
tebræ.
Fracture of Skull, Spine,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August, ...
1
September,
1
November,
December,. 1 October, ...
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH
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2
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1
3
2+
1
† Involuntary.
L. P. MARQUES,
Medical Officer in charge of Post Mortem Examinations.
JUNE, 1893.