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Mortuaries Return of Diseases for the year 1929.

Diseases.

Male.

Brought forward...................

XIV.-Affections produced by

External Causes.

Female.

3,015

2.906

Suicide by Poisoning (Opium)

Suicide by Gas Poisoning

Suicide by Hanging or Strangulation

Suicide by Drowning

11

231

6

6

4

6

Suicide by cutting or stabbing Instru-

ments

2

Other accidental Poisonings

1

Burus (by Fire)

5

Burns (other than by Fire)

1

Suffocation (accidental)

Downing (accidental).......

60

28

Wounds (by Firearms, war excepted)

9

3

Wounds (by Fall)........................

18

14

Wounds (by Machinery)

10

Wounds (crushing, c.4. railway accidents,

&c.)

2

Injuries inflicted by Animals, Bires,

Kicks, &c.

Exposure to Cold, Frost bite, &c. Electric Shock

Murder by Firearms

Murder by cutting or stabbing Instru-

wents

Murder by other means (Strangulation)... Fracture

Deaths by Violence of unnown cause....

XV.-Iil-Defined Diseases.

Diseases not already specified or ill-

defined :—

Still born

Foetus

Shock

Too decomposed Skeleton only

9323

10 C C A

3

5

2

90

co Le to

54

23

S

3

1

92

67

I

Total...

3,386

3,121

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3

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2

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