Nationality.
Europeans and Americans,
Chuese,
Malays and Indians,
Manilamen,.
West Indians,..
Total,
CORONER'S RETURNS.
TABLE A-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1874.
Inquest Held.
Buried without Inquest.
Grand Total.
Men. Women. Boys. | Girls. Total. Men. Women.
Boys. Girls. Total. 1874. 1873,
12
12
49
8
50
28:
1
1
13
$24
26
17
21
69
མྦྷ:
128 151
03
00
8
1
-
73
+
29
...
<>
...
*கள்
17
21
70
143
150
Hongkong, 20th February, 1875.
TABLE B.—Return of Inquests, 1874.
Europeans
Verdicts.
Excessive Drinking,
Accidental Death,
Accidentally Drowned,
Felo de Sc,
Manslaughter,
• Natural Causes,
1 Do..
in Gaol,
Overdose of Opium................
Buicide whilst Insane,
Wilful Marder,.............................................................
Total,......
and Americans.
Chinese.
Men. Women. ¡ Men. | Women. | Boys. | Girls.
7
D+
...
***
~⠀⠀ -~õvi no
19
1
1
12
50
7
--
+
A
• Chiefly heart diseases, and general debility arising from Diarrhoea.
Hongkong, 20th February, 1875.
TABLE C. *—Returns of Burials without Inquest, 1874.
1
J. RUSSELL,
Coroner.
Indians and Manila-
Malays.
men.
Total.
Men.
Men.
12
...
2
...
22
15
1
---
J. RUSSELL,
Coroner.
73
Europeans
Chinese.
In- diaus.
Found on Shore.
Found in llarbor.
Reason why no Inquest was
held.
and Americans.
Total.
Men. Women. | Aen. | Women. Boys. Girls. | Men.
Known. Unknown, | Knowa, Unknow n.
No suspicious Circumstances,
No evidence ➡➡ State of Body..........
22
15
22:
11
17
57
ES
6 2 1
10
4 45
“
***
+++
Post Mortem satisfactory,
Death occurred outside Juris-
+
diction,
40
1
28
4
18
19
70
...
:
11
:
:..
50
50
Total,......
1
* This return does not contain any of the Typhoon cases, the number of which was so large that a general order had to be issued to the Police to bury all bodies whose death was clearly due to the typhoon, on ascertaining the names of the deceased, (where possible), nationality, sex and probable *ge, for purposes of registration,
·
Hongkong, 20th February, 1875.
J. RUSSELL,
Curoner.
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