──────────────────────┬─────────────┬───────────── │ 1881. │ 1882. POISONS. ├─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── │Male.│Female.│Male.│Female. ──────────────────────┼─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── Arsenic │ 6 │ 2 │ 4 │ 2 Mercury │ 0 │ 0 │ 4 │ 3 Ammonia │ 1 │ 1 │ 0 │ 1 Phosphorus │ 3 │ 5 │ 1 │ 5 Sulphuric acid │ 1 │ 1 │ 2 │ 1 Nitric acid │ 0 │ 0 │ 1 │ 3 Hydrochloric acid │ 6 │ 1 │ 8 │ 2 Oxalic acid │ 7 │ 8 │ 13 │ 11 Carbolic acid │ 15 │ 18 │ 6 │ 13 Opium and morphia │ 33 │ 6 │ 20 │ 12 Alcohol │ 0 │ 1 │ 1 │ 1 Belladonna and aconite│ 1 │ 1 │ 1 │ 3 Chloroform │ 1 │ 1 │ 1 │ 0 Chloral │ 4 │ 1 │ 1 │ 0 Prussic acid │ 19 │ 1 │ 8 │ 3 Cyanide of potassium │ 15 │ 1 │ 10 │ 4 Strychnia │ 7 │ 9 │ 8 │ 11 Benzoline │ 0 │ 0 │ 1 │ 0 Vermin killers │ 0 │ 0 │ 7 │ 17 Disinfectant fluid │ 0 │ 0 │ 1 │ 1 Other poisons │ 19 │ 24 │ 19 │ 18 ├─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── TOTAL │ 147 │ 81 │ 117 │ 111 └─────┴───────┴─────┴─────── As a comparison between England, as a whole, and London, I subjoin these figures, relating to cases in Central Middlesex during 1883 and 1884, investigated by Dr. Danford Thomas or myself:─ ─────────────┬─────────────┬───────────── │ 1883 │ 1884 MEANS. ├─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── │Male.│Female.│Male.│Female. ─────────────┼─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── Hanging │ 16 │ 1 │ 18 │ 4 Drowning │ 15 │ 10 │ 7 │ 4 Poison │ 13 │ 5 │ 21 │ 10 Fire-arms │ 12 │ 0 │ 8 │ 0 Cut throat │ 13 │ 4 │ 12 │ 3 Falls │ 5 │ 3 │ 1 │ 3 Stabs │ 0 │ 0 │ 1 │ 0 Railways │ 1 │ 1 │ 0 │ 0 Burns │ 0 │ 0 │ 1 │ 0 Suffocation │ 1 │ 0 │ 1 │ 0 Strangulation│ 1 │ 0 │ 1 │ 0 Other means │ 1 │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 ├─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── TOTAL │ 78 │ 24 │ 70 │ 25 └─────┴───────┴─────┴─────── REPORT of Registrar General for Scotland, 1881. Population 3,745,485 Total Deaths 72,325 General Death-rate 19·31 Suicide Rate 48·5 Total Suicides 182 Of whom were Males 131 „ „ Females 51 TABLE of MEANS.