156
NATIONALITY.
MAGISTERIAL ENQUIRIES INTO DEATHS.
TABLE 4.-RETURN OF ALL DEATHS REPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1896.
Europeans and Americans, ...
FORMAL ENQUIRIES HIELD.
BURIED WITHOUT FORMAL ENQUIRIES.
Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.
1
4
Very much decomposed;
sex not ascertainable.
Total.
1
10
10
4
5
1
7
1
1
2
:..
3
43
212
35
148 140
35
570
Indians and Malays,.
Japanese,..
:
.:.
Chinese,........
30
8
N
Total,.........
35
8
2
3
48
228
36
149 141
35
35
589
Total for 1895, ..
41
3
3
2
49
128
20
118 117
8
391
Table B.-RETURN OF FORMAL ENQUIRIES DURING THE YEAR 1896.
FINDING.
Euro-
peans.
Indians.
Chinese.
Total.
Man.
Men.
Men. Women, Boys.
Girls.
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Accidental death by fracture of the skull caused by a fall from the roof of 79 Prays Central whilst escaping with the proceeds of a robbery,
Accidental death-Fracture of the skull,
Accidental death-Immediate cause-Fracture of the skull received
in a landslip,
Accidental death-Shock resulting from burns,
Accidental death-the result of a fall,
Blood poisoning,
Cause of death-Bright's Disease,
Cause of death-Cancer,
Cause of death-Dislocation of the neck in pursuance of sentence of the
law,
Cause of death-Fracture of the skull caused by an accidental fall from
the 2nd floor of 167 Queens Road East,
Cause of death-Fracture of the skull, the result of a full from the 2nd floor of No. 11 Gough Street while endeavouring to escape from the Police,
Cause of death--General debility,
Cause of death-Heart Disease,
Cause of death-Shock from extensive burus,
Cause of death--Syncope, the result of rupture of the left kidney, which
might have resulted from the heavy falls it is in evidence the deceased had had prior to capture,
Death by banging in pursuance of a sentence passed in accordance
with law,
Death by poison-opium--self administered,
Death caused by drowning, the result of an accident from an error made
by the Cargo Boat people,
Death from general debility, the result of opium smoking,
Deceased died of a pistol shot wound self inflicted,
Haemorrhage-Accidental death from a mass of stone falling on deceas
ed, causing death instantaneously,
Hemorrhage from wound in throat, self inflicted, Manslaughter against some person unknown for causing the death of
Chau Loi Ho by breaking a lamp with a stone, thereby setting fire to the said Chau Loi Ho on the 14th September, 1896, death resulting therefrom at 4.30 a.m. on the 23rd, the immediate cause being "Shock from burns,"
Manslaughter-Rupture of spleen caused by Tsang Sz,
Carried forward,..
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