Manual of the international list of causes of death based on the third decennial revision by the International Commisssion, Paris, October 11 to 15, 1920.

  • United States Census Bureau
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[1924]
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Credit: Manual of the international list of causes of death based on the third decennial revision by the International Commisssion, Paris, October 11 to 15, 1920. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTERNATIONAL LIST OF CAUSES OF DEATH—Continued. XIV.—EXTERNAL CAUSES. Nore.—Coroners, medical examiners, and physi- | 187. Accidental traumatism by machines. [Spec- 165 [Name poison.] substances excepted). [Name Suicide by corrosive substances. poison.]} ; Suicide by poisonous gas. [Name gas.] Suicide by hanging or strangulation. [Name means of strangulation.] Suicide by drowning. Suicide by cutting or piercing instruments. [Name instrument.] [Name place.] Suicide by crushing. [Name means.] Other suicides. [Name means.] Poisoning by food. [Name kind of food.] Poisoning by venomous animals. [Name animal.] Other acute accidental poisonings (gas ex- cepted). [Name poison.] Conflagration. [State fully, as Jumped from window of burning dwelling, Smothered —pburning of theater, Forest fire, etc.] [Includes scalding.] [State means.]| tating, or poisonous gas. [Name gas.] Asphyxia by smoke (conflagration except- . _ ed), ete. % Accidental drowning. Accidental traumatism by firearms (wounds of war excepted). A Accidental traumatism by cutting or pierc- ing instruments. [Name instrument.] Accidental traumatism by fall. [Specify as: Accidental fall from window, etc.| Accidental traumatism in mines and quarries: Fall of rock in coal mine, Injury by blasting, slate quarry, etc. ify the kind of machine, and if the Occupa- tion is not fully given under that head, add sufficient to show the exact industrial charac- ter of the fatal injury. Thus, Crushed by passenger elevator; Struck by piece of emery wheel (knife grinder); Elevator accident, etc.] Accidental traumatism by other crushing (vehicles, railways, landslides, etc.): Railroad accidents, Street-car accidents, Automobile accidents, Aeroplane and balloon accidents, Motorcycle accidents, Injuries by other vehicles, [Specify.] Landslide, other crushing. [Specify means of crushing.] Injuries by animals (not poisoning). [Name animal.) Wounds of war. [Specify.] Execution of civilians by belligerent armies. [Specify manner.] . Starvation (deprivation of food or water). [Not ‘‘Inanition”’ from disease.] Excessive cold. [Freezing.] Excessive heat. [Sunustroke.] Lightning. Other accidental electric shocks. [How? Occupation?] Homicide by firearms. Homicide by cutting or piercing instru- ments. [Name instrument.] Homicide by other means. [Name means.] Infanticide Gnurder of infants less than 1° year of age). [Name means.] Fracture (cause not specified). [State means of injury. The nature of the lesion is neces- sary for hospital statistics, but not for gen- eral mortality stat stics.] Other external violence: Legal hanging. Legal electrocution. Accident, injury, or traumatism (unquali- fied). [State means of injury.] 3 Violent deaths of unknown causation. Internal injury. Not known whether Acci- dental, Suicidal, or Homicidal. [Give cause. Puerperal?| Cause of death not specified or ill-defined. [It may be extremely difficult or impossible to determine definitely the cause of death in some cases, even if a post-mortem be granted. Ifthe physician is absolutely unable to satisfy himself in this respect, it is better for him to write Unknown than merely to guess at the cause. It will be helpful if he can specify a little further, as Unknown disease (which excludes external causes), or Unknown chronic disease (which excludes the acute infective diseases). etc. Even the ill-defined causes included under this head are at least useful to alimited degree, and are preferable to no attempt at statement. Some of the old “chronics,’’ which well-informed physicians are coming less and less to use, are the follow- ing: Asphyxia; Asthenia; Bilious fever; Ca- chexia; Catarrhal fever; Collapse; Coma; Congestion; Cyanosis; Debility; Delirium; Dentition; Dyspnea; Exhaustion; Fever; Gas- tric fever; HEART FAILURE; Laparot- omy; Paralysis of the heart; Surgical shock; and Teething. In many cases so reported the physician could state the disease (not mere symptom or condition) causing death.]