Statistical returns compiled by the Huxi police authorities of the Shanghai Special Municipality for May 1943. The first table records victims of homicide or other killing (他殺) according to age, occupation, sex, and police substation. The second table records three suicide cases, one male and two female, classified according to reported cause, method, outcome, sex, and police jurisdiction. The recorded methods include hanging (自縊) and poisoning (服毒); the table indicates one fatal case and two persons rescued. The third table analyzes the same suicide cases according to age, occupation, and educational level.
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