Administration report / Public Health Department, Colombo Municipality.

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: Administration report / Public Health Department, Colombo Municipality. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Deaths, &c.,—contd. Ward. Nationality. 4) § Hospitals. fl • Causes of Deaths. Colombo Tow la O •*3 o Ph Pet tah. San Sebastian St. Paul's. Kotahena. New Bazaar. Maradana. Slave Island. Kollupitiya. Eastward Extension. Wellawatte Extension. Town Residents Untraced. * or gi a p: Europeans. GO U CD A u H P3 j Sinhalese. Tamils. Moors. Malays. ri •4 C All Causes — — — — 1 ■ 1 1 1 XIII. Affections produced by 1 External Causes. 155. Suicide by Poison 2 — — 1 1 — — — I 1 156. Suicide by Asphyxin 157. Suicide by Hanging or Strangulation — — — — — — — ' 158. Suicide by Drowning 159. Suicide by Firearms 160. Suicide by Cutting or Pier- cing Instruments 161. Suicide by Jumping from high places 162. Suicide by Crushing ' 163. Suicide by other means ... 164. Poisoning by F< od ( a Snake-bite 165. b Insect Stings Yenomous' —• — — — — - ' [ c Other Acute Poisonings... — — — -* — — 166. Conflagration — — — — — — —— ! ' m 167. Burns (Conflagration ex¬ cepted) i — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 — — — 168. Absorption of Deleterious Gases ( Conflagration ex- cepted ) 169. Accidental Drowning i — — — — — — 1 1 1 170. Traumatism by Firearms... 2 — — — — — 1 1 — — X 171. Traumatism by Cutting or 1 Piercing Instruments ... 1 — — — — 1 — — — ' X f a Traumatism by Fall from 1 trees 1 — — — — 1 — — 172.’ b Traumatism by Fall from heights other than trees — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — c Traumatism bv other l ^ Accidental Fall 4 — — 2 — 1 — — — — — — ' ' r 2 2 173. Traumatism in Mines and Quarries — — — — — — — — — — — — -1 — _ “ 174. Traumatism by Machines... 175. Traumatism by other Crush- ing (Vehicles. Rail-road. 1 2 Landslides, &c. ) Injuries by Animals 3 — 1 — — — 1 — 1 — — — ■ 176. 177. Starvation 1 — 1 178. Excessive Cold 179. Effects of Heat 180. Lightning 181. Electricity (.Lightning ex- cepted) 182. Homicide by Firearms 183. Homicide by Cutting or Piercing Instruments ... 2 — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — — — — 2 ■ 184. Homicide by other means... 1 185. Fractures (. cause not speci¬ fied ) a Judical Hanging or Exe- 1 — 186.- cution b Other External Violence. 1 1 XIY Ill-defined Diseases. • ’ 1 ( a Dropsy 187. ■ b Ascites c Other Ill-defined Organic ( Disease 188.- ' a Syncope b Sudden Death (not other- . wise defined) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — — f a Heart-failure 1 — — — — — 1 — — — — — — •— — — -- b Atorphy, Debility, &c., 2 one year and over ... 16 — 2 1 — 4 — 7 — 1 ] — — — — — — 7 7 — ' iaq J c Teething i d Pyrexia 2 _ 1 _ _ 1 — — — — — — — -* — 2 — — — — e Marasmus and Asthenia. 19 — — — — 2 5 6 1 3 2 — — — -: — 2 14 3 — -- t Other Ill-defined Causes... — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — L q Diseases not specified ... 1 _ 1 j L —L 1