Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.
- Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
- Date:
- [1931]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![( 12 ) (10) Causes of Deaths, &c.—contd. Nationality. Causes of Death. <D O ci CS c3 <D A © o> 91 0J 3 ►» 1 62.—Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy 1(33.—Lack of Care XIII.—Old Age. 164.—Senility 265 130 40 70 XIV.—External Causes. 165.—Suicide by Solid or Liquid Poisons (Corrosive substances excepted) 6 ... 1 i- , ... 4 1 _ 166.—Suicide by Corrosive substances 3 • • • — ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... — ... — ... — 167.—Suicide by Poisonous Gas ... ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — — 1(38.—Suicide by Hanging or Strangulation 6 • • « — ... — ... 2 ... 4 ... — ... — ... — 169.—Suicide by Drowning 1 ... — ... — ... 1 — ... — ... — ... — 170.—Suicide by Firearms — • •• — ... — ... — ... —— ... — ... _ ... — 171.—Suicide by Cutting or Piercing Instruments 1 • • • — ... — ... 1 ... — ... — ... — ... — 172.—Suicide by Jumping from high places —■ • • • — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — 173.—Suicide by Crushing — • • • — ... — ... — ... —— ... — ... — ... _ 174.—Suicide by other means — . • • — ... — ... — ... __ ... — ... — ... — 175.—Poisoning by Food 3 ... — ... — ... — ... 2 ... — ... — ... 1 176.—Poisoning by Venomous Bites and Stings— a. Snake-bite 2 _ ... 1 1 b, Insect Stings — • •• — ... — ... —- ... — ... — ... — ... — c. Other Venomous Poisonings — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — 177.—Other Acute Accidental Poisonings 2 • • • — ... — ... 1 1 ... — ... — ... — 178.—Conflagration —• — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — 179.—Accidental Burns (Conflagration excepted; . 26 • . • 1 ... 1 ... 16 ... 4 1 ... — ... * 180.—Accidental Mechanical Suffocation 3 • • • 1 ... — ... 2 ... -- ... — ... — ... — 181.—Accidental Absorpton o'1 Irrespirable, Irri¬ tating, or Poisonous Gas 1 • • • ... _ 1 ... _ ... _ ... 182.—Accidental Drowning 14 ... — ... 1 ... 10 ... l ... 2 ... — ... — 183.—Accidental Traumatism by Firearms (Wounds of War excepted) 1 • • • ,- 1 — ... _ ... ■ ... - 184.—Accidental Traumatism by Cutting or Piercing Instruments ... 1 ... — «. — ... ] ... — ... — ... — ... — 185.—Accidental Traumatism by Falls— a. From Trees 6 • • • ... ... 4 1 ... ... 1 c. Traumatism by other Accidental Falls 18 • • • 1 ... 1 ... 10 ... 6 ... 1 ... — ... — 186.—Accidental Traumatism in Mines and Quarries • . • ... _ . . _1 ... _ 187.—Accidental Traumatism by Machines 1 — — 1 — — — — 188.—Accidental Traumatism by other Crushing—• «. Cart or Carriage 3 ... ... 1 ... 2 ... b. Landslides ... ... — • •• — ... — ... — ... — ... — — — l\ Motor Vehicles ... ... 21 • •• — ... 1 ... 13 4 ... 2 ... — ... 1 d. Railways 5 • •• — ... 1 ... 3 ... — ... — ... 1 ... — ... ... ... ... 189.—Injuries by Animals (Poisoning by Venomous Bites and Stings excepted) 1 _ ... ,_ ... 1 _ ,- ... ... _ 190.—Wounds of War — • •• — ... — ... — — ... — ... — ... — 191.—Execution of Civilians bv Belligerent Armies — • • • — ... — ... — ... — ... — — ... — 192.—Starvation (Hunger or Thirst) 4 • • • — ... — ... 4 ... — ... — — ... — 193.—Excessive Cold — ... — ... ' — • ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — 191.—Excessive Heat ... ... — — — ... — ... — ... — — — 195.—Lightning... 1 • • — ... — — ... 1 ... — ... — ... — 196.—Electricity (Lightning excepted) l • • • — ... — ... — ... 1 ... — ... — ... — 197.—Homicide by Firearms 2 —> ... — ... 2 ... — ... — ... — ... — 198.—Homicide by Cutting or Piercing Instru¬ ments ... 17 ... - ... _ ... 12 ... 4 ... 1 ... _ ... MM 199.—Homicide by other means ... 6 • • • — ... — . . 3 ... 1 ... — ... — ... 2 200.—Infanticide (murder of infant less than 1 year of age) ... ... _ • • • _ ... _ ... _ ... ... _ ... - ... _ 201.—Fractures (cause not specified) 5 • • • — ... — ... 5 ... — ... — ... — ... — 202,—Other External Violence— a. Judicial Execution ... 16 • • • ... _____ ... 12 2 ... . , ... r - ... 2 ... ... 203.—Violent deaths of unknown causation ... ' — ... — ... —• ... — ... — ... — ... —— ... — XV.—Ill-defined Diseases. 204.—Sudden death ... ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — 205.—Cause of death not specified or ill-defined— ... b. Heart Failure 9 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 3 ... — ... — ... — e. Pyrexia ... ... 48 ... — ... — ... 16 ... 7 ... 13 ... 1 ... 1 d. Other Ill-defined diseases ... 17 ... — ... 1 ... 12 ... 3 ... 1 ... — ... — e. Not specified or unknown ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — ... — —](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31495308_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
