Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1960-1961 — Page 58

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APPENDIX 16

RELIEF SECTION

SUMMARY OF SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CASES REPORTED During THE PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1960 To 31ST MARCH, 1961

(See paragraph 60)

(1) Deaths

(2) Attempts

Cause of attempted suicide

Financial Difficulties

Domestic Strife

Mole

Female

Male

Female

23

6

92

50

5

21

53

196

Sickness

Mental disturbance

Miscellaneous

Total

15

12

34

18

4

6

8

8

17

14

51

39

64

59

238

311

Grand total

123

549

Percentage of all cases by sex:

Male

44.9%

Female

55.1%

APPENDIX 17

RELIEF SECTION

EMERGENCY RELIEF

PERIOD: 1ST APRIL, 1960 TO 31ST MARCH, 1961

(See paragraph 62)

Events

Nature of Damage

Casualties

Families

Victims

or Destruction

43 fires

2,290 huts

12 dead

4,886

24,700

18 houses

34 injured

9 missing

9 shipwrecks

10 junks

7 dead

10

50

1 injured

4 evacuations from

10 houses

163

741

dangerous buildings

4 huts

I flood

15 dead

1,272

7,136

3 missing

5 landslides

53 huts

73

I typhoon

2 house collapses...

about 600 huts and

160 fishing

vessels

2 houses

44 dead

5,526

386 31,810

36 injured

9 missing

21

94

1 explosion

3 houses

2 dead

2

7

9 injured

Total 66

some 2,950 huts

80 dead

11,953

64,924

33 houses

10 junks

about 160 fishing vessels

80 injured 21 missing

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