Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Deaths, &c.—contd. Ward. Nationality. © o 03 d o Hospitals. Causes of Deaths. Colombo Town. © *3 o -u a 43 t4 O £ Pettah. San Sebastian. St. Paul’s. Kotahena. New Bazaar. Maradana. Slave Island. Kollupitiya. CQ a s H u i 43 l H Wellawatta Extension. Town Residents. Untraced. Non-Residents.* Europeans. Burghers. Sinhalese. Tamils. Moors. Malays. Others. 1 XII.—Old Age. 154.—Senility 7 1 — 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 XIII.—Affections produced by External Causes. 155.—Suicide by Poison i 156.- -Suicide by Asphyxia .. 157.- -Suicide by Hanging or Strangulation 158.- -Suicide by Drowning.. 159.- -Suicide by Firearms .. 160.- -Suicide by Cutting or Piercing Instru¬ ments 161.- -Suicide by Jumping from high places .. 162.- -Suicide by Crushing .. 163.- -Suicide by other means 164.- -Poisoning by Food .. r(o) Snake-bite i _ 165.-< (6) Insect Stings (Venomous) (c) Other Acute w Poisonings 166.- -Conflagration i — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — . _ . ___ 167.- -Burns (Conflagrations excepted) 3 _ 1 1 1 . 1 2 168.- -Absorption of Dele¬ terious Gases (Con¬ flagration excepted) • 169.- -Accidental Drowning. . _ 170.- -Traumatism by Fire¬ arms 1 171.- -Traumatism by Cutting or Piercing Instru¬ ments 1 '(a) Traumatism by Fall from trees.. 172.-; (6) Traumatism by Fall from heights other than trees 1 (c) Traumatism by other Accidental Fall 3 2 1 3 173.- -Traumatism in Mines and Quarries 174.- -Traumatism by Machines 175.- —Traumatism by other Crushing (Vehicles, Railroad, Land¬ slides, &c.) 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 176.- -Injuries by Animals .. 2 — — 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 _ _ 177.- -Starvation' 12 — 7 — — — — 5 — — .— — — — — — — 2 10 — - _ 178.- -Excessive Cold 179.- -Effects of Heat 180.- -Lightning 181.- -Electricty (Lightning excepted) 182.- -Homicide by Firearms 183.- -Homicide by Cutting or Piercing Instru¬ ments 1 1 1 184.- —Homicide by other means 1 185.- —Fractures (cause not specified) 2 2 186.-; r (u) Judicial Hanging or Execution (6) Other Externa] Violence 2 — — — — 2 — — — — — — — — 1 1 — — — —