THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17тH FEBRUARY, 1872.
Coroner's Returns.
TABLE A.-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1871.
69
INQUEST HELD.
BURIED WITHOUT INQUEST.
GRAND
NATIONALITY.
TOTAL.
Men. Women. Boys.| Girls. TOTAL. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. TOTAL.
Europeans and Americans,
24
24
6
8
32
Chinese,
51
19
15
96
48
51 32
Indians,.
6
6
Malays,
3
::
3
4
::
:::
135
231
1
7
4
77
Total,
84
19
15
11
129
59
6
CO
51
32
148
277
ALFRED LISTER,
II. M. Coroner.
Hongkong, January 25th, 1872.
TABLE B.--Return of Inquests during 1871. On the bodies of the Persons enumerated below.
VERDICTS.
Natural Causes,..
Do., (in Gaol,).
Do., accelerated by Drinking,
Intemperance,
Accidental Death whilst Drunk,
Accidental Death,
Do.,
(in Gaol,)
Accidentally Drowned,
Found Drowned,
Found Dead,
Still Born,.
Visitation of God,
Opium taken to induce Sleep,
Suicide whilst Insane,
Felo de Se,.
Poisoned (no further evidence,)
Burnt
Shot,
Suffocated(
Manslaughter,
do.,
do.,
do.,
Manslaughter agst. p. or pp. unknown,
Wilful Murder agst. p. or pp. unknown, Wilful Murder,
Total,
EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS.
CHINESE.
INDIANS. MALAYS.
TOTAL.
REMARKS.
Men. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. | Men. | Men.
8
2
4
1
2
3
: 07:00
• 07
૧
2
24
15
Special finding in two Cases.
1
13
17
3
1
1
1
7
1 Case in Gaol, 1, an Indian PC
6
1
1
On Junk supposed to have been
attacked by Pirates.
Do.
du.
2
4
7
1
2
B
24
51
19
15
11
6
3
129
ALFRED LISTER,
H. M. Coroner.
Hongkong, January 25th, 1872.
TABLE C.-Return of Burials without Inquest, 1871.
N.B.An order to Bury without Inquest is issued by the Coroner after a preliminary Medical Examination when (1) there are no suspicious circumstances (2) death is satisfactorily accounted for (3) there is no evidence of any kind whatever (4) the State of the Body is such that it cannot be identified; always provided in every case that there are no marks of violence on the Body.
REASON WHY NO INQUEST HELD,
No suspicious circumstances, Medical Certificate, Post Mortem satisfactory, Inquest already held on
EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS.
CHINESE.
INDIANS. MALAYS.
TOTAL.
Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.
Men.
Men.
1 11 1 2
1
4
::
:
: :
::
4
FOUND ON FOUND IN SHORE. HARBOUR.
Known Unknown. Known. Unknown.
22 12 8 2
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3
Ko sm
3
6
00:02
REMARKS.
others who were killed under same circumstances, j No Evidence,
1
:
5 1 44 27
State of Body,
1
28a 1
::
77 37
47 11
: 888
30
20
Total,
6
2 48 4 51 32
1
4
148
22 68
8
50
Hongkong, January 25th, 1872.
Many of those Cases might have been entered under both heads.
a Includes those washed
ashore after the Typhoon,
ALFRED LISTER,
H. M. Coroner.