|Crow-foot, | ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| |Whin-flower, | 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| ...| |Pennyroyal, | ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| |Meadow Crow-foot, | ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| |Arum Seeds, | ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| |Bitter Aloes, | ...| 1| ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| 2| |Cocculus Indicus, | ...| ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| 1| ...| |Horse Chestnut, | ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| |Creosote, | 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| ...| |Spirits of Tar (Oil of Tar),| 2| 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| 2| 1| |Nitro-Glycerine, | 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| ...| |Camphor, | ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| |Tobacco, | 4| ...| 1| ...| ...| ...| 5| ...| |Lobelia, | 1| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 1| ...| |Fungi, | 13| 10| ...| ...| ...| ...| 13| 10| |Poisonous Weeds, | 2| ...| ...| ...| ...| ...| 2| ...| |Hellebores, | ...| ...| 1| 1| ...| ...| 1| 1| |Kind not stated, | 216| 158| 256| 167| 3 | 1 | 475| 326| | +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | |2498|1292|1644|1140| 23| 19|4165|2551| | | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | | | 3790 | 2784 | 42 | 6616 | +----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ Although so large a number of substances destroy life by accident or design, yet there are in the list only about 21 which kill about 2 persons or above each year: the 21 substances arranged in the order of their fatality are as follows:-- Actual deaths in ten years ending 1892. Caustic potash 19 Poisonous fungi 23 Aconite 59 Mercury 60 Belladonna 76 Sulphuric acid 93 Ammonia 98 Chlorodyne 102 Alcohol 108 Arsenic 110 Chloroform 113 Vermin-killer 127 Chloral 127 Phosphorus 155 Cyanide of potassium 166 Strychnine 201 Nitric acid 204 Prussic acid 260 Carbolic acid 762 Lead 1043 Opiates 1324