# VERDICTS
## TABLE B-Return of Inquests, 1882
Europeans and Americans Chinese Indian and Malays. Total. Men. Women Men Women Boys Girls. Men Women Boys Girls. Accidental Death, 1 35 4 2 2 44 Death occurred to the child who was in a sickly state of health and unlikely to live, after a fall occasioned by a push given to the mother of the child, but whether such death was accelerated by the fall or not there is no sufficient evidence to show, Death came to the deceased through the falling of the floor of house No 150, Queen's Road West, upon him while on the ground floor engaged in extinguishing a fire which was raging in that house, Death from Strangulation, +++ ***** Died from a Gun Shot Wound, + Died from Injuries received during a fight, 4 • Died from Injuries received from a fall, --- + Died from Fever brought up by excessive exposure, Found Dead (cause of death unknown), Felo de Se, 1 1 Found Drowned, : 1 1 Manslaughter, 1 1 Murder, 2 2 Natural Causes, 6 1 6 1 2 1 14 પ → 1 10 1 · HORORONAR 9 12 3 2 7 1 2 Total,.. 7 77 14 7 7 1 113 + + Natural Causes in Gaol, Overdose of Opium, Suicide while Insane, Known Un-known Known Un-known Known Un-known Found on Shore Found in Harbour, Total## TABLE C-Return of Burials without Inquest, 1882
Reason why no Inquest was held Euro-peans Portu-guese Chinese Men Women Men Women Men Women Boys Girls Very much decomposed, sex not ascertainable 37 ہیے No suspicious circumstances, and No evidence or decomposed, State of Body, 4 28 21 90 21 *** Post Mortem satisfactory, 1 1 8 Co 1 1 3 15 7 4 1 3 Total, 1 1 51 7 40 38 3 141 29 85 5 22Coroner's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1883.
HE WODEHOUSE, Coroner