The Sickle of Death. INTERESTING STATISTICS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 59, 16 October 1900, Page 3

The Sickle of Death. INTERESTING STATISTICS.

A glance at the roll of cases treated in the various hospitals of the colony during the year 189S -a.nl the deaths recorded reveals many interesting facts. The principle diseases, with their results, are tabulated below :—: —

Of the latter class three chose guns and one died, nine preferred cu feting or stabbing with only one death, seven tried poison and two succeeded. None were partly drowned or hanged, they having presumably been successful in their ob)ect. One person is classed as " otherwise " and in this class the percentage of success was 100, that is, from the suicide's point of view. Under the heading " Wounds in "battle," two were treated in Auckland hospital. Of the ordinary cutting and stabbing the larger towns have the highest totals, although Wairnaie contributed five oases, none of which ended fatally.

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Disease* Cases. Deaths Miasnaafcic Nervous system Circulatory system Digestive system Accident and negligence . . . Gunshot wounds Cut or stab Attempted suicide 1113 67 701 93 1046 125 2082 72 1705 64 32 1 308 2 20 5