M 136
Table XIV,-(Contd.).
International List of Causes
Deaths
XVII. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE
of Death, 1931
Males Females Persons Brought forward 20,003 15,342 35,365 174 Homicide by cutting or piercing instruments 4 1 5 175 Homicide by other means 1 1 178 Accidental absorption of irrespirable or poisonous gas 1 1 179 Other acute accidental poisoning (not by gas) 2 4 4 180. Conflagration 2 10 12 181 Accidental burns (conflagration excepted) 12 4 16 182 Accidental mechanical suffocation 3 4 7 183 Accidental drowning 61 46 107 184 Accidental injury by firearms 3 3 185 Accidental injury by cutting or piercing instruments 3 3 189 193 Electricity (lightning excepted) 1 1 194 Accidental injury by fall, crushing, etc. 129 53 182 Hunger or thirst 1 1 Other and unstated forms of accidental violence 1 1 2 Other causes included under 194 2 2 195 Violent deaths of unstated nature (i.e. accidental, suicidal, etc.) 48 17 65 196 Wounds of war 2 2 197 Execution of civilians by belligerent armies 198 Execution 12 12 24 17 4 XVIII. ILL-DEFINED DISEASES 199 Sudden death 1 1 200 Cause of death unstated or ill-defined: Heart failure 1 1 2 Other ill-defined causes 1,537 1,350 2,887 Cause not specified 83 38 121 Sex unknown 28 Total* 21,916 16,874 38,838* 29 deaths among the Forces of the Crown are not included in this table.
P. S. SELWYN-CLARKE
Registrar-General of Births and Deaths.