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Appendix C.

Appendix D.

International List of

Deaths

Deaths

Diseases.

Causes of Death, 1938

Males

Females Persons

Males Females Persons

International List of Causes of Death, 1938

Diseases.

Brought forward

7,116

5,259 12,375

32,836

21,323

54,159

161

Other diseases peculiar to the first

year of life :-

(a)

Asphyxia during or after birth,

atelectasis

(b)

Intoxication due to maternal

toxæmia

(c)

Infections of the new-born, in-

(d)

(e)

cluding nou-syphilitic pem- phigus

Melæna neonatorum

Other specified diseases (including gangrene or hæmorrhage of umbilicus, icterus neonatorum,

acute catarrhal hepatitis)

XVI.

SENILITY, OLD AGE.

Senility, old age :-

Senility with mention of seuile

dementia

(a)

Old age

(b)

(c)

Senility without mention of senile

dementia

162

1

165

166

2

2

167

168

169

88

49

137

94

113

207

1

T

1

1

170

Brought forward

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Appendix C.

Appendix D.

Deaths

Deaths

57

Males Females Persons Males Females Persona

7,318

5,357 12,675 33,797 22,527 56,324

9

8

1

N

1

-

9

9

-

9

10

8

3

11

25

7

32

25

7

32

...

Infanticide (infants under 1 year) Homicide by fire-arms (ages 1 year

and over)

Homicide by cutting or piercing in-

struments (ages 1 year and over)

Homicide by other or unspecified

means (ages 1 year and over)

Accidents on railways (and

tramways circulating on special tracks not on roads or streets), including pedestrians killed by trains and victims of collisions between trains and road vehicles (motor vehicles excepted-170α)..

Automobile accidents (all accidents in which motor-driven road vehicles are involved alone or in collision with trains, tram-

on

cars, other road vehicles or all other users of the road) :-

Collisions with trains

3

2

5

3

2

5

XVII. VIOLENT OR ACCIDENTAL

DEATHS

163

Suicide by poisoning:

(a)

Suicide by solid or liquid toxic

or corrosive substances :-

(a)

By corrosive substances

1

6

(b)

By analgesic and narcotic drugs

2

Է

19

(c)

By soporific drugs (not liquid

736

1,022

1,758

(a)

1

(6)

Collisions with trams

T

T

T

(c)

Other automobile accidents

39

14

53

39

14

ཕ།

53

171

Other road transport accidents,

12

14

26

excluding automobile accidents (170) :-

6

12

18

(a)

Tramway accidents (on roads)

Other road transport accidents

1

1

1.

1

anaesthetics)

T

1

(d)

By other or unspecified solid or

liquid poisons

3

3

19

3

172

3

(6)

Suicide by poisonous gas :-

(a)

By coal-gas, including other

gases in domestic use

(b)

By motor exhaust gases

(c)

By other poisonous gases

!!

173

174

164

Other forms of suicide:-

1.75

(a)

Suicide by hanging or strangula-

(a)

Water transport accidents, including all accidents on or from vessels or boats of any description (except seaplanes), whether at sea, on inland waterways, in harbours or along the coast

Air transport accidents, including

all accidents due to aviation ....

Accidents in mines and quarries ....

Argicultural & forestry accidents :—| Accidents from farm machinery

tion

44

15

59

44

(b)

Suicide by drowning

20

15

35

20

(c)

Suicide by fire-arms and explosives

4

1

4

6

165

15

59

and vehicles (excluding road accidents)

15

35

6

(b)

Injuries by animals in farming,

etc. :-

(d)

Suicide by cutting or piercing in-

struments

(a)

By venomous animals

1

(e)

Suicide by jumping from high

(b)

By other animals

places

228

28

5

33

28

5

33

(c)

(1)

Suicide by crushing

Other agricultural and forestry

accidents

(a)

Suicide on railways

176

(b)

Other suicide by crushing

(g)

Suicide by other or unspecified

means

10

6

16

10

6

16

Carried forward

7,318

5.357 12.675

33,797 22,527

56,324

Accidents caused by machinery, ex- cluding accidents due to trans-

or forestry machinery (175), or in mines or quarries (174)

Carried forward

port (169 to 173), agricultural

J

7,403

5,383 12,786 33.882 22,554

56,436

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