Suicide : an essay on comparative moral statistics / by Henry Morselli.

  • Enrico Morselli
Date:
1881
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Credit: Suicide : an essay on comparative moral statistics / by Henry Morselli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XLV.—Methods for Self-Destruction Chosen in Italy and England, according to Separate Territorial Divisions, {Proportions per 1,000 of each mode of Suicide.) Divisions Number of cases Drowning Hanging Firearms Cutting and stabbing arms Poison Asphyxia Fall from height Eailway Otherwise or un- known Italy (1866-76). Piedmont . 1,145 245'4 183*6 270*7 57*6 48*9 27*0 121*4 37*6 7*8 Liguria 439 125*2 86*6 271*0 63*8 68*4 40*9 298*4 27*3 18*3 Lomlbardy • • 1,584 321*5 168*5 215*3 65*0 68*2 38*8 91*6 23*5 6*6 Venetia 1,079 437*4 233*6 147*4 52*9 43*6 15*8 61*1 2*7 5*5 Emilia.. 1,535 421*4 175*2 198*7 46*3 39*1 10*5 75-5 27*4 5*8 195 297*4 199*9 205*1 20*5 97*5 30*8 128*2 15*4 5*1 March^ 356 269*4 143*2 280*9 61*8 78*7 2*9 148*8 8*4 5*7 Tuscany • o 988 217*6 207*4 235*8 61-7 55*6 23*8 176*0 15*1 7*0 175 205*8 67*1 388*6 51-4 68*7 17*2 159*9 11-5 39*9 Abbmzzi • . 216 236*] 148*1 361*3 83-3 41-7 4*6 97*2 9*2 18*0 Campania ■ . 488 178-2 84*1 356*6 65*6 62*5 6*2 242-6 2*1 4*1 Apuglie • • 235 433*4 55*2 276*1 53-0 89-1 17*0 68-0 8*2 Basilicata • • 68 147*0 161*7 441*2 58*9 41-2 132*3 14*7 Calabria • • 106 122*6 47*2 575*4 132-0 9*5 84*2 28*3 Sicily 504 216*3 144*9 376*9 45-6 111-2 5*9 65*5 33*7 Sardinia 95 189*4 178*8 484*2 42*2 10*6 10*6 10*6 73*6 England (1872-76). V i / London 1,396 209 254 61 240 154 82 Soutb-Eastern C.. 925 199 358 77 199 70 97 South-Midland . 476 231 834 49 231 42 113 Eastern C. . 424 224 403 64 160 57 92 South-West. 525 227 401 53 223 48 4 8 West-Midland . 876 208 369 34 206 101 82 North-Midland . 652 163 442 25 1/8 123 69 North-West. 1,187 210 421 36 192 98 43 Yorkshire C. 881 227 382 27 219 103 42 Northern C.. 436 190 443 34 179 92 62 Welsh C. . 299 167 408 40 167 37 181 Taking, then, into consideration the aggregate of the numbers, it is perceived that the use of the pistol is in inverse ratio to the deaths by drowning, because the north of Italy has the pre-eminence in deaths by drowning, partly on account of its extended irrigation by rivers and canals, and partly on account of pellagra. Asphyxia, and crushing under railway trains, give room for similar con- siderations. Suicide, according to the Parisian mode, is