,.y:.. r^% IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) //^/5^^ 1.0 I.I ■ 50 "^" MHH •^ ^ 1 2.2 :^ U£ 12.0 I. 1 1.25 III 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" ► n__j. C Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 [5?/ i/j CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. CanadSan Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproduction& historiques Tachnical and Bibliographic Notaa/Notac tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa Tha Inatituta haa anamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibiiographically uniqua. which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction, or which may significantly changa tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. 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This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document eat film* au taux da reduction indiqu* ci-daaaoua. IPX 14X 18X 22X i i I ' I |y| 26X XX 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X Th« copy film«d h«r« haa b««n raproduead thanka to tha ganaroaity of: Madical Library McGill University Montreal Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality poaajbia conaidaHnfi tha condition and lagibiiity of tha original copy and in Icaaping with tha filming contract apacificationa. Original copiaa in printad papar eovara ara filmad baginning with tha front oovar and anding on tha iaat paga with a printad or illuatntad impraa- tion, or tha bacic eovar whan appropriata. Ail othar original copiaa ara filmad baginning on tha firat paga with a printad or iiluatratad impraa- sion. and anding on tha Iaat paga with a printad or iiluatratad impraaaion. Tha Iaat racordad frama on aach microficha shall contain tha symbol «^ (moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol ▼ (maaning "END"), whichavar appilaa. Mapa, plataa, charts, ate., may ba filmad at diffarant raduction ratioa. Thoaa too larga to ba antiraly ineiudad in ona axpoaura ara filmad baginning In tha uppar laft hand comar, laft to right and top to bottom, aa many framaa aa raquirad. Tha following diagrama illuatrata tha mathod: L'axampiaira fiimA fut raproduit grica k la gin^oait* da: IMedical Library McGill University Montreal Laa imagaa suivantaa ont 4tA raproduitaa avac la piua grand soin. compta tanu da la condition at da la nattat* da l'axampiaira film*, at an conformitA avac laa conditiona du contrat da > filmaga. Laa axamplairaa originaux dont la couvartura •n papiar aat imprimAa sont filmAa an commandant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la damiAra paga qui comporta una amprainta dimpraaalon ou d'liluatradon. soit par la sacond plat, salon la eaa. Toua laa autraa axamplairaa originaux sont filmAa an eommanqant par la pramiira paga qui comporta una amprainta dimpraaalon ou dlliuatration at an tarminant par la damiira paga qui comporta una taila amprainta. Un daa symboiaa suivanta apparaltra sur la damiAra imaga da chaqua microficha. salon la caa: la symboia — *> signifia "A SUIVRE", la symboia y signifia "FIN". Laa cartaa. planchaa. tablaaux. ate. pauvant Atra fiimAa i daa taux da rMuetion diffAranta. Loraqua la documant aat trop grand pour 4tra raproduit an un saui ciichA. il aat film* i partir da i'angia supAriaur gaucha. da gaucha h droita. at do haut an baa. 1% pranant la nombra dimagaa nAcaaaaira. Laa diagrammas suivanta iiluatrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 & i "A STATISTICS —OF THK— CORONER'S GODfiTFOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTREAL 1893. BY WY ATT JOHNSTON, M.D., and GKO. VILLBNEUVE, M.D iRfprinied from the Montreal Medical Journal, March, 1894.) mmm vr hi STATISTICS OF THE CORONER'S COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTREAL, 1893. By Wyatt Johnston, M.U., and (Jeohoe Villeneuve, M.D., Montreal. The number of deaths investigated during the year was 386. Calculated from the cenHUs of 1891, the population of the judicial district of Montreal is rather more than 350,000, of which about 280,000 is urban, making a yearly rate of about 1.1 inquests per 1,000 inhabitants of the district. In 184 of the 380 cases we were Kummoned to testify as exports. In the remaining 202 cases the information is obtain- ed from the very complete public records of incjuests kept by Coroner McMahon. Of these there were 36 cases in which no medical testimony was taken In the remaining 166 cases, the medical evidence was given by other physicians, who in 60 cases had either not seen the deceased professionally during life or only at a time remote from the death. In 88 of the cases tiie evidence was taken before the coroner alone, without a jury. We give the following details which seem of interest. Of the bodies, 276 were males and 109 females. In one case, that of a newborn child, the sex is not stated. Exclusive of the new born infants, the identity of 5 bodies remained unknown, being in each case persons found drowned. Cl.ASSIKICATTON BY AOES. !l i. >. t t >> i i i I £ >, 8 c it 5 u o s ^ % 5S s R 8 IS O c -5 Age... 0* lO ^H o o o S o O ! O ' o O ;ji b ^. o o ^ -♦J *■> ■M ■4^ ■>-' I -M a H -4^ o s ^ 5 S s ^ 8 8 P Oases . 14 3 11 23 14 25 .55 40 iW 44 34 17 15 3 27 386 Per ct. 2-8 5-9 30 05 14-3 11 9 15 1 11 4 8-8 4-4 3-9 0-8 70 1000 Classification BY Months. Month 2ii ^ « iM p. < a X < -1^ O > o u Q Cases :?5 35 28 36 44 ;« 40 27 41 26 18 386 Per centage 5-9 91 91 7-2 9-3 114 8-5 10-4 71 106 67 4-7 1CX)0 NUMHKU OF AUT()l'SIi;s IIKI.1), WITH THEIR PROPORTION TO TUB NUMHKR OK InQUKSTS IN KWll MoNTlI. Month c >3 • 1 u 21 4 4 111 C 9 1-9 10 22 7 "3 •-5 a. 5 6 o 1 55 Total. Antopsii's.. :i 2 1 6 {> 8 U)5 2 7'7 5(1 Per rentage i:i 1 1 5-4 2-8 13 1 22 5181 ( 14 5 Cl-ASSIKK ATION IIY VkKUHTH AND CAUSKS OK DEATH. 1. IIOMIlinKS. Firearms > Hlows and falls I Criminal iH'KliK»'nce • Infanticide •' Total. 12 II. siii('ii)i;s, Kireanns 5 Cutting throat '^ lian^inp; 2 Drowning 1 .Jnin)iiiig from height 1 Railways 2 Poisoning U Total 2:{ III.— A('(;lI)KNTS. Firearms 4 Machinery '^ Elevators 3 Rjiihvays 21^ Street railways H Horse and carriage 14 Tobogganing 1 Burns, scalds, burning build- ■ i"gs ^- Explosions -^ Falls from height H Falling bodies 1 1 Drowning 41 Choking by food 3 Overlaying S Illuminating gas 7 Administration of chloroform 2 I'oisoning 11 Exposure 2 Sunstroke 1 Other causes 1 Total 174 IV.— NATURAL AND UNKNOWN CAUSES. Circulatory System (40)— Heart disease 3!) Aortic aneurism I Riainratory System (Ilo) -Pneumonia 15 Phthisis and hiemoptysis 17 Bronchitis 1 Pulmonary embolism 1 Other disea.ses 1 Digestive System (12)— I)iarrh(ca 5 Peritonitis 2 Other diseases 5 Id! ft Nt-rroiis Si/nft'in (IH) A poplexy 10 ( "<)iiK<'>*l M>ii of hraiii 2 ()l llfl lli.SIWIM'S (I (ienito-rrhutni Sys/on (')) -Chronic iicpliritiH 1 I'rclhnil fever 2 l'ii(i|M'iiil fever Ihri'lo/iitirnftif /Hsnisrs Stilll)*irii 5 Infi'r/ioiis JUsrtlSfS 'I'vplioM 1 Diphllieriii I (Inn rill IHhi'iisi's (K))— l»Hr|nirii uiid snirvy 2 Senile (l.-hjliiy 4 lnrunf ile deldlily 4 Other (liseiiMes 2 Jfahifs iinil Orcupiifioiis liitenipeniiue 5 VnhiHuvn vaiini's 4') Total 177 SiTMMAItV OK Tin; I>RI\» Il»AI, (iUCTI'S (»l' ( AI'SKS or ItKAIII, (ilVIM) Tin; I'i:h( K.NTAiiK WHICH thi;y i' were for infanticide by persons unknown. In none of these was the guilt brought homo to an individual. Of the 9 remaining cases : in one the violence took place in Ontario and therefore has no bearing upon the criminality of this district ; two charges, both for manslaughter, are still before the courts; one case was dis- charged by the police magistrate ; in 5 cases the grand juries found no bill, and the only one which came before the Court of Queen's Bench was dismissed by the judge without calling for the defence. In none of the cases was there any evidence of malice. mm 6 The i-OHultH of the incrimiimtit.K vcMdictH of coronor'n iuri(.s hero appear to be of u H.u-prisinKly mile«• '-^^'^ '"''' •■^'"*'- • Hiiihvii.vH 'A or i:V2 Hums, Hcald.Hiuul tln-H... 22, cr 12 tl " HorHi'M himI riuriiiKi's 14, or H2 Kiillsfiom luilyht 11, or HU FiiiliiiK ImhIU's 11, or O'!! PoisoniiiK 11, or (J H St reot railvviiy S, or 11 lUuininHtiiiK KiiH 7, or l.l Drouniny.—The number of drowning accidonlw in Hutticient- ly high to attract attonlion. Of the 41 casoH, iho accidental nature of the drowning was well cstabliHhcd in 3l! cahCN only, all that could be Htatcd about tbo icmaining 1) bodies being simply that they wore found in the water. niuminatrnj ^'^s.— The number of deaths from illuminating gas is also surprisingly large. The dan-cr .d' gas depen-ls upon the proportion of carbon monoxide it contains, and this again depends upor> the mode in which the gas is pieparoil. It has always boon asserted thut the gas supply of Montreal contains a very small proportion of this dangerous ingredient, but the large number of deaths from this cause would seem to render the subject worthy of investigation by our health authorities. ^ The accidents happening in connection with public travel naturally have a great public interest. Fatal Railway Accidents.-'YhQ victims were trespassers in 10 cases; employees (brakesmen or switchmen) in 6 cases; travellers in 4. In 4 cases the accidents occurred at level crossings. Street Railways.-Of 8 fatal accidents during the past year, 5 occurred in connection with electric cars and 3 with horse m cai-H Two of the viotimH were ompl<»yeeH; 1 w»»b a child l.IayinK upon un empty car on u Ki.li..^; H wcro pornons c.-ohh- i„U thoHlreot, und 2 wor. pu ^ong..■s (o„. of whom got ort thocar while in motion, on the wron^ nide and wan Htruck hy an approaching car on the other track; the other waH killed while trying to pann from one car to another wh.le m motion). None of the accidentH wore Hhown to he due to the UHC of the trolley system or the over heail wire. Elevators.-rChvoe .leathH which occurred from elevator accidents were all due t<» imprudence of the persons killed, none arising from any defect in the machinery. In most of the accidental