New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-01

The CoRoSER's REcoRD.--As VIC have frequently
stated, Coroner Beach and his deputy, Mr. Sora-
paru, have not only discharged their duties in the
most faithful and Industrious manner, but have
kept their record in manner far exceeding any
thing that has been seen in the Coronia office for
some years. We have published three Of the quar-
terly reports; we have now to offer the fourth
quarterly report, and recaptuaton Of the iE-
quests held during the first year Of Coroner Beachs
public service. The tables have been compiled
from the books and drawn up in the most admira-
bic manner by Mfr. Deputy Coroner soraparu:
QUARTERLY REPORT.
Inqaes he'd yrom Sept to Noe 3d. 1860.
HoAIGIDEs.
Sept sPedso QuRssFo aged "a years. native SPAIN ~ 10
Sept "a male infant by Margaret Kane mis- nother)
Sept Edward q Missouri BY James Gallagher
sept by ST' d. Flsyf Was S Mf baad q years. New
Sept 2sfqoe5 , Horn 3 years Maine BY D %ohssen
@ oe Farrell Is Years. gaaa 3 Sy Thomas Farrell
Get 9 ss5 4 S ss y y yoF wsy aas
c Get B. Bao s. ses as s " e pereh IT,
Nov Jacob Kohnan % years Germany by Anthony Del
sEms ssg q yesr. sitFsslang By N9a rgg!.r
SSy SSy rs asfsis s ssna i a 81 John Price
Nov l2Edward Dougher, 2i years, ireland, by George
Nov ,s1a unknown man IS years. By person unknown.
Nov sPeter coaRas q y fai9 John Eas
Nov 2smss Ksnnsiy % years. Ireland BY v. W. Cassidy
Nov S8-ParcE Owens 80 years. Ielaud by william Homer
SUICIDES.
Sept -Jacob Bentz 80 years, Germany, pistol shot.
Sept 25Benlamin Webster M q years, New Orleans,
Oct james l. Iamothe years New Orleans rnsst snot
9s c g1dN Bh g y Bamse So,o,
oet =. i, BrecFiasdss 25 ysaTs, hanging; sO,''
nEowNEp ACCIDENTALLY.
Five persons under known circumstances, and
IL unknown persons found drowned.
M*- OTHER ACCIDENTS. z
Three by railroad accidents l5 by the falling Of
building at fire, corner of Tchoupitoulas and
Lafayette streets; 50 by the explosion of the
steamer H. R. W. Hill 7by other accidents.
@5M5. BY INTEMPER4ScE.
twenty-five deaths; II being natives Of Ireland,
5 of Germany, l Of Mexico, ! of Scotland, Of
France, l unknown, and none Of the United States.
m. DISEASE.
One hundred deaths; many being children, and
some of these still-born. In the case of one child
death is attributed to an overdose Of gin, given by
advice Of a midwife in another case, mismanage-
ment and ignorance on the part of the midwife,
Mrs Hanley.
ANNUAL RECAPITULATIoN.
HoSncIDEs-s0 For perpetrating the same, s
persons have been tried and found guilty of muir
der with capital punishment found guilty with
out capital punishment; 2 found guilty of man
slaughter; OF the rest Is were tried and acquitted
20 are under arrest and awaiting trial. Ii have not
been arrested u are persons who have never
been known or detected: and killed himself after
committing murder. OF the persons Killed. q
were natives of the United States, rs natives O
Ireland, 9 natives Of Germany, and the remainder
natives of different other foreign countries, with
Of unknown nativity.
suIoIDEs-32. Il by gun and pistol; Shy poi
son; by drowning by hanging 2 by cutting
their throats. Nativities: United States 10 Ger
many, 8; Ireland, 8; France, 8; England l
Scotland, | /; of unknown nativity,3
| AoeDENTs-l09. By steamboat explosion, So
by falling of walls at fires, etc., 20 by railroad
| s; by burning 4 by camphene and gas eXplo
sions, 4 by accidental shooting, s; run over by
F! vehicles, 81 by other accidents, Is. Nativity
United States 50; Ireland So; Germany, IA
England, 4 unknown s.
NTEMPERAScE-79. Nativity: United States,
ireland, 35 Germany, Il; France, o England,
| Scotland, Q; Sweden, L; Switzerland, l; Mexico,
| l; unknown, g.
DHowNING-l05, Nativity: United States, 10
Ireland, 10; France, G !; Germany, 6; other Euro
pean nations, 8 {; unknown (unrecognised bodies
found in the riyer) 55.
DIsEAsE.-373. By sun-stroke, 80; apoplexy
| so; measles 4; consumption 80; scarlet fever
influenza l epilepsy 4; pleurisy 4 !; dentition Is
paralysis 5 !; congestive chills Inflammation o
lungs 8; dysentery 20 convulsions II lockjaw 4
pneumonia 6 marasmus 6 !; rupture of blood yes
sci 2 remttent and perneious feyers I (; yellow
| fever /; Inflammation of intestines premature
birth Q; structure dropsy 6; congestion of brail
| s. disease of heart 90; cramps 2; gastritis 2
Group fits 8 cholera morbus 8 bilious fever
cancer l; debility softening of liver / effect
of heat L; congestye fever / rheumatism 3: dis
ease of liver 8; cancerous tumor | ; old age s
ulcers asthma 6 hemorrhage of lungs !; ston,
in bladder q; gall stone sore throat 5 frozel
to death l J whooping cough 8; inflammation o
stomach L; mismanagement and ignorance of mid
wives 3; unknown cause G. Total-373.
ooRoNER's GENERAL REPORT.
/ Accompanying the foregoing quarterly and an
nual reports is the following interesting statemen
of Coroner Beach, regarding particular cases whcl
have come under his observation in the discharg,
of his duty during the year:
i In submitting to the public yearly report iron
| the Coroners office, ] am governed by the sam
\ teeilHS tnut prompted me IN entering upon m
duties as Coroner, to make quarterly reports
namely, the public good That the public ma,
I have presented to them, at one view, not merel,
the duties performed by the Coroner but may SCI
the great number of homicides committed in thu
last year. and to trace out the causes of this grea
degree of crime, as it is to the public we mus
i look for an ameoration.
would especially call the attention of the pub
| lie TO the fact that by very commendable resolu
tion of the Board OF Health, Sections are forbidden
to bury anybody upon the certificate of midwife
| have been called very often since the passage o
that resolution to hold inquests stilEborn ehil
dren and those of tender age, delivered or treate,
by midwves, and in number of those cases hav
felt perfectly satisfied that the cause of death wa
attributable entirely to the ignorance and presump
tion of class of women styling themselves mid
wives, and had had the proof | should have ha
them arrested for mansaughter. But the difficult
in these cases is to adduce the proof; and knoy
no way better to punish them, and warn the public
than by holding them up to public view. lwonl
particularly refer to in the Fourth District in
case to which was called. The parent came {
me with certificate from midwife, signed by he
mark. Almost all the certificates from midwive
are signed in the same manner.l Upon Visitin
the house, l found a full grown, perfectly health
child, and could see no cause of death, except til
cause abovezstated, viz: ignorance and presumt
ton. Upon questioning the mother with regard
her aecouchment, she told me she had felt the chill
move not five minutes before birth; aud from all
could find ont, the labors were perfectly natural
denounced the midwife in pretty round terms, whe