The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-31
coRoNIAL STATISTICS.
How Coroner Stitch Spent His First
Year In ONCE.
Interesting Points Concerning
Deaths BY Violence and
Other Causes.

year OF 1917, has held inquests on two
hundred and ninety-fOur bodies.
Through the kindness of his clerk, Mr..
George H. Menke, we were granted the
use OF bis books, from which we have
CLEANED the following interesting statis-
tics:
The number OF inquests held did not
reach that OF stioh's predecessor, and
the cost to the county is fully three.
Iourths less. The following is the total
OF all the causes OF death:
Accidents, 80; suicides, 80; heart dis
ease, %; unknown, IL; apoplexy, 1s;
peritonitis, 4; burns, 8; pleurisy, l.:
drowning, 80; lung disease, 8; oonvul-
sions, IL; homicide, IA; brain disease,
8; epilepsy,3; pistol ball wound, /; over.
dose Of chloroform. /; laudanum, /; NOR.
phine, 4; opium, l; pneumorrhagia, l;
premature birth, /; exposure, 2; intem-
peranoe, 6; sutfooation, 2; consumption,
/; senile debility, L; poison, 3: eXhaus-
| ton, /; strangulated hernia, l; strangu-
lation, 1; rheumatism, /: cholera in
| fantuni, L; abortion, L; absoess of liver,
/; hemorrhage OF liver, l; fracture oil
skull, 2.
JANUARY.
During this month "a inquests were
held, as follows: Accidents, l; suicides,
| /; heart disease, 7; unknown causes, 2;
apoplexy, 1; peritonitia, 2; burns, l.;
chronic plcurisy, l; drowning, 3; lung
disease, /; commissions, 8; homicide. !.
Total, "a.
FEBRUARY.
Twenty.four inquests were held in this
month. The causes and number OF deaths
were as follows: Accidents, 5; suicides,
2; heart disease, 8; brain disease, 9; lung
disease, 2; unknown, l.; pistol ball
wound, /; overdose OF chloroform. Il;
pneumorrhagla, l; drowning, 1.
MARCH.
Inquests held, %. Uauses-Accidents,
5; suicides, 5; apoplexy, 2; premature
birth, l; intemperAnce, 2; drowning, l;
exposure, 2; overdose Of laudanum, i;
sunocation, Il epilepsy, /; unknown, l.
APRIL.
Twenty-four inquests were held this
month. The oau,es were: Apoplexy, 8;
homicides, 8; suicides, 4; accidents, 5;
heart disease, !; consumption, /; over
dose OF morphia, /; drowning, ]; conVul-
slons, l; intemperance, 2; unknown
causes, l.
In this month Coroner Stitch held %
inquests. or these was due to congul-
sions, to suicide, 10 ssnile debility, 2
TO homicide, TO lung disease, l to un.
known cause, l to peritonisis, 1 to pol
SOD, TO drowning, 8 to heart disease, 6
to accidents and l to exhaustion.
JUNE.
Inquests held, 80. Causes-Drowning,
8; accidents, 9; suicides, 8; hernia, l;
unknown, 2; heart disease, /; brain dis
case, 2; intemperanoe, /; apoplexy, 8;
stranguIation, Ii rheumatism, Ii homi-
eide, l.
JULY.
lnqussts, g. Causes-Drownlng, 10;
accidents, 8; convulsions, l; brain dis
ease, 2; suicides, 9; sutrocaLion, l; heart
disease, /; homicide, l; apoplexy, l.
AUGUST.
Coroner Stioh in this month held in
quests in thirty-one cases, and the
causes of death were as follows: Drown
apUplexy, l; commissions, 2; homicide, !;
overdose OF morphia, l.; and cholera ln-
lantum, l.
l pbF DhN'
| Twenty-seven inQuests in this month.
| The causes were: suicides, 2; accidents,
IL; drowning, 2; nOmicides, 3; apoplsxy,
Is; unknown, 2; overdose Of opium. l;
| epilepsy, l.
| OCTOBER.
Mum Der of inquse to held in this month,
Is. or the causes were drowning, G
accidents, abortion, l homicide, 2 sui.
cides, abscess of liver and intemper'
ance.
! NOVEMBER.
In this month Is inquests were held
The causes of death were as follows
suicides, 5: accidents, 8; heart disease,
4; apoplexy, l; perltonitls. Ii hem
orrhage OF liver, l.
DECEMBER.
Twenty-three inquests were held II
this month. The causes are: Accidents
81; suicides, 2; heart disease, 2; apo
plexy, /; burns, 2; lung disease, |; hom
icide, /; brain dIsense, 8; overdose o
morphIa, !; lntemperano', 2; fracture o
skull, 2.
The total number Of inquests was 29l
NATIVITY.
The persons on whom inquests wer
held are divided among the follow n
classes: Germans, SO; Americans, 153
Scots, i; Irish, S6; Bohemian, l; Frencl
9; BavarIar, l; Welsh, 2; English. ID; |.
raelite, /; unknown, IL.
SOCIAL CONDITION.
D OF these ITO were married, 143 single
IT widows, s widowers and 16 unknown
Two huuured and twelve Of these wer
males aD u 80 females.
or the 294 cases on whom inquest
I were held only ID were oolured, viz.
+ males 8, females 8.