“The last two columns in the above account shew more precisely the proportion of female to male suicides in each month.
“The following statement shews the number of times, during the twenty-five years, that no suicide was committed during each month:—
| February | Not once. | July | Twice. | April | } | Four times. | ||
| January | } | Once | May | } | Three times. | October | ||
| March | August | September | } | Five times. | ||||
| June | December | November |
“From No. 2 it appears that the average annual number of suicides in Westminster has been increasing in each quinquennial period; but No. 3 shews that it has actually decreased with reference to the increase which has taken place in the population.
No. 2.
A Statement of the Average Annual Number of Suicides, Male and Female, in each Quinquennial Period; also, the proportion per cent. which the two Sexes bore to each other in each period.
| Periods of Years. | Average Annual Number. | Proportion of each Sex. | |||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | |
| 1812 to 1816 | 18.2 | 7.6 | 25.8 | 70 | 30 |
| 1817 — 1821 | 15.0 | 5.2 | 20.2 | 74 | 26 |
| 1822 — 1826 | 16.4 | 7.4 | 23.8 | 69 | 31 |
| 1827 — 1831 | 22.0 | 7.8 | 29.8 | 78 | 22 |
| 1832 — 1836 | 24.0 | 7.9 | 31.9 | 76 | 24 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| Average of Total | 19.1 | 7.1 | 26.3 | 73 | 27 |
No. 3.
A Statement of the Population of the City and Liberty of Westminster, according to each census, and the proportion which the number of Suicides in the Quinquennial Period immediately following each census bore to the population.