Statistical dossier on 994 recorded suicide incidents in Shanghai, organized into a series of monthly tables covering January through December. The document provides aggregate classifications of suicide cases according to sex, outcome, method, attributed cause, age, educational attainment, and occupation. The sex table records 436 men (43.86%) and 558 women (56.14%). Of the 994 cases, 342 resulted in death (34.41%), while 652 persons were rescued or survived (65.59%).

The table of suicide methods identifies poisoning (服毒) as by far the most common method, with 519 cases (52.22%), followed by other methods (其他), 216 cases (21.73%); entering water/drowning (投水), 107 cases (10.76%); hanging (自縊), 98 cases (9.86%); and self-inflicted injury (自戕), 54 cases (5.43%). The monthly distribution is supplied for each category.

The attributed causes are classified in considerable detail. Family disputes (家庭糾紛) account for 377 cases (37.92%), followed by difficulties of livelihood (生計困難), 217 cases (21.83%); illness (疾病), 95 cases (9.56%); unemployment (失業), 44 cases (4.43%); failed romantic relationships (失戀), 31 cases (3.12%); business failure (營業失敗), 31 cases (3.12%); and lack of freedom in marriage (婚姻不自由), 30 cases (3.02%). Smaller categories include fear of punishment for an offense (畏罪), maltreatment (被虐待), and gambling losses (賭負). In 142 cases (14.28%), the cause was recorded as unknown (不明).

The age distribution is heavily concentrated among younger adults: 449 cases (45.18%) concern people aged 20–29, followed by 254 (25.56%) aged 30–39 and 122 (12.27%) aged 40–49. Persons aged 19 or younger account for 90 cases (9.05%). The educational statistics distinguish higher, secondary, primary, illiterate, and unspecified levels; the largest identifiable groups are primary education, 298 cases (29.98%), and illiterate, 269 cases (27.06%).

Occupational classification shows a particularly large representation of domestic service/household service (家庭服務), 374 cases (37.63%), followed by unemployed persons (無業), 253 cases (25.45%), commerce (商業), 130 cases (13.08%), and industry (工業), 81 cases (8.15%). Smaller groups include free professions, public service, transport, agriculture, and mining.

Composite administrative dossier concerning investigations of deaths, suicides, unidentified corpses, and injuries reported by suburban county governments and police authorities to the Shanghai Special Municipal Government in 1945. The file contains several distinct cases rather than a single incident. One group of documents concerns Zhou Sibao (周四保/周四寶), an airport laborer who committed suicide by drowning at Yuepu (月浦鎮); the authorities investigated his identity, family circumstances, mental condition, and the circumstances of his death. A second group concerns Cai Helin (蔡鶴林), whose death followed the ingestion of poison and whose case includes investigative reports and suicide letters. Other documents concern an unidentified male corpse found on the seashore northwest of Shidong (石洞西北海灘), with repeated instructions to continue inquiries into the deceased's identity and circumstances. The final section concerns an accident in Chuansha involving the collapse of a floor in the residence of a local security official, causing injuries to several people; municipal and county authorities investigated responsibility and ordered follow-up action.

Statistical returns compiled by the Huxi Police Bureau (滬西警察局) of the Shanghai Special Municipality for January 1942. The first table records the age and occupational distribution of victims of homicide or other killings (他殺), with figures organized by sex and police substation. The second table records two suicide cases during January, classifying them according to sex, reported cause, method of suicide, police jurisdiction, and outcome; both cases resulted in death. The third table further analyzes the two suicide cases according to age, occupation, and educational level. The cases fall within the 20–39 age range and include occupational and educational classifications recorded by the police.

Statistical returns compiled by the Huxi Police Bureau (滬西警察局) of the Shanghai Special Municipality for July 1943. The suicide tables record three suicide cases, classified by cause, method, outcome, age, occupation, educational level, sex, and police substation. The recorded causes include criminal circumstances (犯罪) and unknown causes (不明); all three cases involved drowning or jumping into water (投水). Two cases resulted in death and one person was rescued. The homicide tables record two victims, both male, both of whom died; the victims were aged between 11 and 30 and were classified occupationally under industry (工業). The final table records property involved in robbery and theft cases, giving a total value of approximately 844, with 52 items, of which 50 were recovered and 2 remained unrecovered, distributed among the police substations.

Statistical returns compiled by the Huxi police authorities of the Shanghai Special Municipality for February 1943. The first two tables concern 他殺 cases and classify victims by sex, cause of victimization, outcome, age, occupation, and police substation. They record three victims, two male and one female, all of whom died. The reported categories include robbery for gain (盜匪謀財), fire or water disaster (水火災害), and other causes. The third and fourth tables concern suicide and record one completed suicide, a woman aged 40–49. The reported cause was family conflict (家庭糾紛), the method was poisoning (服毒), and the case resulted in death. She was classified occupationally under domestic service (家庭服務) and educationally as illiterate (不識字).

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.

Statistical returns compiled by the Huxi Police Bureau (滬西警察局) of the Shanghai Special Municipality for August 1943. The first two tables concern five male victims classified under 他殺, recording cause, outcome, age, occupation, and police substation. Two cases are attributed to fire or water disasters (水火災害) and three to other causes (其他); three victims died and two were injured. The age table includes victims aged under 10, 11–20, and 31–40, together with one case of unspecified age; occupational classifications include industry (工業), commerce (商業), and unemployment (無業). The suicide tables record three completed suicides, one male and two female. Reported causes include family conflict (家庭糾紛), unemployment (失業), and an unknown cause (不明). The methods recorded are hanging (自縊) and poisoning (服毒), and all three cases resulted in death. The final table further classifies the suicide cases by age, occupation, and educational level.

Statistical returns compiled by the Huxi police authorities of the Shanghai Special Municipality for April 1943. The first table records two victims of homicide or other killing (他殺), one male and one female, classified by sex, police substation, reported cause, and outcome. The cases are entered under the general category “other” (其他); one victim died and one was injured. The second table analyzes the same cases according to age and occupation. The two suicide tables contain no recorded cases, indicating that no suicides were reported for April 1943 in the jurisdiction covered by these returns.

Judicial dossier concerning Zhang Chunshan (張春善, also known as 張根), a 35-year-old man prosecuted in Shanghai in 1944 in connection with the suicide of his wife, Chen Miaozhen (陳妙珍). Although the archival case cover classifies the matter broadly as 殺人 (killing), the first-instance judgment specifically found Zhang guilty of 教唆他人使之自殺 (inciting another person to commit suicide) and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment. The dossier documents the circumstances surrounding Chen Miaozhen's death following serious domestic conflict, together with the investigation of Zhang's responsibility for encouraging or inducing her suicide. It contains interrogations of the accused and witnesses, prosecutorial documents, evidentiary records, first-instance proceedings and judgment, appeal documentation, court summonses and release or custody forms. The case proceeded on appeal before the Shanghai High Court; the appellate judgment records 上訴駁回 (appeal dismissed), thereby leaving the original conviction in force. Subsequent procedural and prosecutorial documents continue through late 1944.

The dossier contains unusually substantial medical evidence. Documents dated 14–19 June 1944 include prescriptions and blood-serology examinations from private and municipal medical laboratories, while later material includes chemical analysis of substances and specimens connected with the case by the Shanghai Municipal Laboratory. These records were incorporated into the police inquiry into the circumstances and possible motives surrounding Chen Miaozhen's suicide. The first part of the archival dossier continues the case through prosecution and trial: Zhang was convicted of 教唆他人使之自殺 and sentenced to two years' imprisonment; his subsequent appeal was dismissed.

Dossier concerning Li Zijing (李子敬), a 33-year-old man employed as a worker at Mitsubishi (三菱洋行) in Pudong, whose death in Shanghai on 16 August 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping into a well. The police non-natural death report records his residence as No. 110, Qipu Road (七浦路一一○號) and identifies this location as the site connected with the death. His wife, Li Fengshi (李馮氏), is recorded as the person responsible for receiving the body.

The police investigation provides evidence concerning Li's health immediately before his death. He had reportedly suffered for approximately two weeks from a condition described as 寒熱症 (recurrent fever/chills) and had undergone treatment without recovering. The police narrative further describes his condition in contemporary language as resembling 神經病亂狀, indicating apparent mental or nervous disturbance, and associates this condition with the circumstances preceding his suicide.

Testimony from Yang Dongzai (楊冬仔), who shared the premises with Li, confirms that Li had been ill with 寒熱症 for about two weeks and had repeatedly sought treatment without recovering. On the evening of 16 August, Yang noticed that Li was missing, searched for him, and eventually discovered his body in the well. Li was removed from the well but was already dead. The police were then notified and the body sent for examination.

The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal medico-legal examination. The examination identifies the deceased as 李子敬, male, aged 33, and the final forensic conclusion gives 溺水身死—death by drowning.

Dossier concerning Li Zijing (李子敬), a 33-year-old man employed as a worker at Mitsubishi (三菱洋行) in Pudong, whose death in Shanghai on 16 August 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping into a well. The police non-natural death report records his residence as No. 110, Qipu Road (七浦路一一○號) and identifies this location as the site connected with the death. His wife, Li Fengshi (李馮氏), is recorded as the person responsible for receiving the body.

The police investigation provides evidence concerning Li's health immediately before his death. He had reportedly suffered for approximately two weeks from a condition described as 寒熱症 (recurrent fever/chills) and had undergone treatment without recovering. The police narrative further describes his condition in contemporary language as resembling 神經病亂狀, indicating apparent mental or nervous disturbance, and associates this condition with the circumstances preceding his suicide.

Testimony from Yang Dongzai (楊冬仔), who shared the premises with Li, confirms that Li had been ill with 寒熱症 for about two weeks and had repeatedly sought treatment without recovering. On the evening of 16 August, Yang noticed that Li was missing, searched for him, and eventually discovered his body in the well. Li was removed from the well but was already dead. The police were then notified and the body sent for examination.

The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal medico-legal examination. The examination identifies the deceased as 李子敬, male, aged 33, and the final forensic conclusion gives 溺水身死—death by drowning.

Dossier concerning Li Zhangshi (李張氏), a 45-year-old woman from Shandong, whose death in Shanghai on 20 August 1944 was investigated as suicide involving a self-inflicted knife wound. The police death report identifies the deceased and records the circumstances of the death, while the subsequent investigation contains extensive statements from her husband, Li Hengchun (李恆春), and other persons acquainted with the family.

The witness testimony indicates that Li Zhangshi had suffered for approximately three years from a condition described in the documents as 神經病. Testimony concerning the couple's domestic relations states that she and her husband generally lived on good terms, suggesting that the investigation did not establish marital conflict as the principal explanation for the suicide. The police nevertheless questioned relatives and neighbors in detail concerning her health, behavior, family relations, and the circumstances immediately preceding her death.

The dossier also preserves physical evidence connected with the case. An official evidence inventory records a small knife (小刀乙把) and a blood-stained garment (血衣一件). The formal medico-legal examination identifies the deceased as 李張氏, aged 45 and native of Shandong, and documents a knife injury to the abdomen. The final forensic conclusion states 委係刀傷身死—that death resulted from a knife wound.

Dossier concerning Ding Qian Yuyu (丁錢余玉), a 35-year-old woman from Jiangyin, Jiangsu, who committed suicide in Shanghai in April 1949 by ingesting sleeping pills. The police report records that she was found after taking an overdose of 安眠藥丸 and was sent for emergency medical treatment, where she subsequently died. The dossier contains a report on the non-natural death, police investigation records, statements from her husband and other persons concerning the circumstances preceding the suicide, administrative documentation, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The corpse examination identifies the deceased as 丁錢氏, female, aged 35, native of Jiangyin. The final medico-legal conclusion states that she died after ingesting sleeping medication while alive (生前服安眠藥丸死).

Dossier concerning Nikolay/N. Voronchihin (和郎切林; N. VORONCHIHIN), a 49-year-old Russian man living in Shanghai, who attempted suicide by cutting his throat on 31 May 1945 and subsequently died in hospital on 17 June 1945. Voronchihin was unmarried and employed as a watchman at the Tchakalian Brothers French Bakery, 477 Route de Sloyes. He resided at 107 Rue Delastre, where the suicide attempt took place. The English-language Shanghai police report records that he was found in his room bleeding heavily from a throat wound and was transported by emergency ambulance to the Red Cross Hospital, 363 Avenue Haig.

The investigation documents two important circumstances preceding the suicide attempt. Voronchihin had suffered for a considerable period from tuberculosis (T.B.) and was described as being in very poor health, with little prospect of recovery. He had also saved money in preparation for leaving Shanghai but lost his wallet containing the money and personal papers on 30 May 1945, the day before the attempt. His colleague Stepan Kalashnikoff, who had known him for approximately three years, testified that the loss greatly depressed him but considered his chronic tuberculosis and poor prognosis to be the more important reason for the suicide attempt.

Voronchihin used a razor to cut his throat. Police found the razor at the scene and also recovered a written note in his room indicating that he had attempted suicide by cutting his throat. His condition initially prevented police from taking a statement because the throat injury left him unable to speak. He remained in the Red Cross Hospital until 17 June, when police were notified that he had died. The hospital information quoted in the police report gives the primary cause of death as “Cut throat” and the secondary condition as “T.B.”

The body was transferred to the Public Mortuary on Rue Ningpo pending an inquest. As Voronchihin had no relatives in Shanghai, his employer, represented by Stepan Kalashnikoff, agreed to claim the body for burial. The subsequent Chinese judicial documentation records the throat injury during the formal corpse examination and confirms the death as resulting from the self-inflicted cutting injury, with tuberculosis also documented as a serious underlying medical condition.

Dossier concerning Yu Side (俞思德), a 20-year-old woman from Anhui, whose death in Shanghai in September 1944 was investigated as suicide by poisoning. The police corpse report records that she ingested poison at her residence and was subsequently taken for emergency treatment, but died despite attempts to save her. The dossier identifies her occupation as a student (讀書). The file contains police correspondence, statements concerning the circumstances preceding the poisoning, judicial documentation, a detailed medico-legal examination of the corpse, an evidence envelope, and an unusually extensive handwritten document associated with the deceased. The final medico-legal conclusion states explicitly: 驗得該女屍委係生前服毒身死—the woman was determined to have died from poison ingested while alive.

Dossier concerning Ni Yaqin (倪雅琴), an 18-year-old woman from Ningbo (寧波), whose death in Shanghai on 13 August 1945 was investigated as suicide by poisoning. The police non-natural death report identifies her as female, aged 18, and records the incident at No. 14, Lane 396, Jinling Road (金陵路396弄14號). She was subsequently taken for emergency medical treatment, but efforts to save her were unsuccessful.

The police narrative and witness material provide unusually substantial information about the circumstances preceding the suicide. The investigation states that Ni came from a poor family (家境貧寒) and that, several years earlier, her mother had wanted her to become a 童養媳 (tongyangxi, child bride/daughter-in-law raised for future marriage). Ni was dissatisfied with this arrangement, and her grandmother Xu Luoshi (徐羅氏) brought her from Ningbo to Shanghai, where she subsequently lived with her for an extended period. The police reconstruction also refers to the difficult circumstances of her parents and to her mother earning a living through domestic service (代人為傭). These family circumstances were presented by contemporary investigators as part of Ni's unhappiness and sense of dissatisfaction with her situation.

The subsequent interrogation of Xu Luoshi further explores Ni's family poverty, the proposed tongyangxi arrangement, her residence with her grandmother, and the events immediately preceding the poisoning. The testimony describes Ni ingesting a poisonous substance at the residence and being sent for emergency medical assistance. Medical documentation survives in the dossier, followed by formal prosecutorial and medico-legal examination. The judicial documentation identifies the deceased as 倪雅琴, female, aged 18, and supports poisoning as the physiological mechanism of death.

Dossier concerning Fu Junsheng (傅俊生), a 25-year-old man from Sichuan who died in Shanghai in November 1948 following a fall from a building while hospitalized. He had been admitted to the Shanghai Municipal Police Hospital (上海市警察局警察醫院) on 16 November and died on 22 November 1948. The police file characterizes the incident as suicide by jumping from a building. The dossier contains the hospital death certificate, a report on the non-natural death, police investigation records and witness statements concerning the circumstances of the fall, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal conclusion states that Fu Junsheng died from injuries sustained in a fall following illness (生前因病後跌傷致死).

Dossier concerning the death of Liu Wencheng (劉文成), who died after jumping from a building in Shanghai in September 1948. The file documents the police investigation and request for examination of the body, a report concerning a non-natural/non-illness death, related administrative and medical correspondence, the prosecutor's inquest, and detailed examination of the corpse and injuries. The documents record the identification of the deceased and the official investigation into the circumstances and cause of death.

Dossier concerning Zhou Jianrong (周劍榮), a 39-year-old man from Haimen (海門), who died in Shanghai in May 1949 after jumping from a building. The police investigated the death as a suicide. The file contains a report on the non-natural death, statements concerning the circumstances preceding the incident, hospital documentation, correspondence concerning the judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. A medical certificate of death from Lester Chinese Hospital (上海仁濟醫院) identifies Zhou Jianrong and records death on 19 May 1949 from severe head injuries associated with the fall. The subsequent corpse examination identifies the deceased as 周劍榮, male, aged 39, native of Haimen, and the final medico-legal conclusion attributes death to injuries sustained in a fall while alive.

Dossier concerning Zhou Zifa (周子發), a 54-year-old man from Yancheng (鹽城), whose death in Shanghai on 3 May 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping into a well. The initial police documentation classifies the case as 投井自盡. Zhou's body was recovered from a well near his residence and taken to the Third Hospital of the Red Cross Society of China, whose certificate dated 3 May records that he was dead on arrival (到院已死).

The police investigation contains a narrative reconstruction of the discovery and recovery of the body as well as several witness interrogations concerning Zhou's family and living circumstances and the events immediately surrounding his death. Witnesses describe the body being removed from the well and the police being notified. The questioning also explicitly addresses why Zhou had taken his own life, but the surviving testimony does not establish a definite motive; witnesses repeatedly indicate that they did not know why he had jumped into the well.

The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal medico-legal examination on 4 May 1945. The examination identifies the deceased as 周子發, aged 54 and native of 鹽城, and systematically records the external condition of the body. The final forensic conclusion states 委係溺水身死—that death resulted from drowning.

Dossier concerning Xu Qinzhang (徐欽璋), a 29-year-old man from Zhejiang, recorded as a paper-crafts worker (紙紮工人) and resident at No. 606, Xianyang Road (咸陽路六○六號), whose death in Shanghai on 21 June 1945 was investigated as suicide by hanging. The police non-natural death report places the incident in the upper storage or lodging area of the Tongtai Paper Shop (同泰紙行棧樓) at the same address.

Witness testimony reconstructs the discovery of the body. On the morning of 21 June, at approximately 8 a.m., Xu Yuanlin (徐元林) found Xu Qinzhang hanging inside the shop premises from a wooden beam with a coarse hemp rope (木樑粗麻繩); the body was already stiff. The police were then informed and began questioning persons associated with the deceased and the paper shop.

The interrogations provide substantial information concerning Xu's circumstances before his death. Witnesses described him as capable in his work but repeatedly characterized him as fond of gambling and visiting prostitutes (嫖賭). The investigation also discusses debts accumulated outside the workplace and indicates that the management of the paper shop had ceased to trust him and had dismissed him because of his conduct, although he continued to be allowed to lodge on the premises. The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for a formal judicial examination. The corpse examination records a characteristic ligature mark around the neck consistent with hanging, and the final medico-legal conclusion identifies the death as 自縊身死—death by hanging.

Dossier concerning Zhang Chenshi (張陳氏), a 27-year-old woman from Shanghai, whose death in May 1945 was investigated as suicide by hanging. The police non-natural death report identifies her as female, aged 27, and records her residence in the Songgongyuan Road (宋公園路) area. Her husband, Zhang Genyuan (張根元), reported the death to the police.

The police investigation provides unusually explicit evidence concerning Zhang Chenshi's history before the fatal incident. Her husband stated that they had been married for approximately four years and described her as suffering from a condition contemporaneously termed 神經病. According to his statement, she had displayed suicidal behavior on more than ten previous occasions, from which she had been rescued. On the morning of 6 May 1945, Zhang was subsequently discovered dead after hanging herself at the family residence.

Statements from persons living nearby similarly indicate that the deceased had frequently expressed or demonstrated an intention to die, although they could not explain the immediate reason for the final act. The police examination of the scene identified hanging as the mechanism of death and arranged for the body to be transferred to the Changde Road corpse examination facility (常德路驗屍所) for formal judicial examination.

The subsequent medico-legal documentation again identifies the deceased as 張陳氏, aged 27, and records findings associated with hanging, including examination of the neck and throat. The final forensic conclusion attributes death to hanging (自縊身死 / 自縊致死).

Dossier concerning Xia Zhangshi (夏張氏), a 54-year-old woman from Shanghai, whose death on 29 January 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The police death report records that the incident occurred at approximately 8 p.m. at the rear entrance of No. 69, Lane 296, Jinan Road (濟南路二百九十六弄六十九號後門口), which was also her recorded place of residence.

The police investigation describes the discovery of the body and the injuries resulting from the fall and collected testimony concerning Xia Zhangshi's family and personal circumstances. The investigative narrative treats the death as 跳樓自殺 and indicates that pressures associated with her living circumstances were considered in attempting to explain the suicide, although the surviving evidence does not establish a single motive with complete certainty. The dossier subsequently passed to the Shanghai prosecutorial authorities for a formal inquest and medico-legal examination on 30 January 1945. The examination identifies the deceased as 夏張氏, aged 54, and records injuries consistent with a fall from height. The final forensic conclusion states 委係跌傷身死—that death resulted from injuries sustained in the fall.

Dossier concerning Otto Weisz (奧多惠司), a 34-year-old Austrian Jewish refugee living in Shanghai, who died on 1 November 1943 after jumping from the tenth-floor rear staircase of the Medhurst Apartments, 934 Bubbling Well Road. He was taken by emergency ambulance to the Country Hospital, 17 Great Western Road, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The hospital certificate records fractures of the right femur and right lower leg and contusion of the frontal region of the head.

The Shanghai Municipal Police investigation identifies Weisz as an Austrian Jew born in Vienna on 21 September 1909, who had arrived in Shanghai with other refugees in 1939 and was working as a piece-goods salesman. He lived with his brother at 503/20 Ward Road in the designated refugee “Special Area.” Shortly before his death he visited his fiancée and then proceeded to the Medhurst Apartments on business, where witnesses saw him enter the rear staircase and jump from an opening between the tenth and ninth floors. Police examination of the scene and witness testimony led investigators to conclude that the death was suicide and that there was no evidence of foul play. No suicide note was found; acquaintances described him as nervous and troubled by unspecified personal worries. The police notified the Jewish Refugee Committee and arranged for his relatives to attend the inquest.

The dossier subsequently passed to the Chinese judicial authorities and includes interrogation records, judicial correspondence, and a formal corpse examination. The final medico-legal documentation attributes death to injuries resulting from the fall.

Place: Medhurst Apartments, 934 Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai — death confirmed at The Country Hospital, 17 Great Western Road

Dossier concerning Song Zhangshi (宋張氏), a 29-year-old woman from Pudong, whose death in Shanghai in August 1944 was investigated by the Shanghai Special Municipality Third Police Bureau as a suicide by poisoning. The police forwarded the corpse for formal examination and supplied a corpse-report form identifying the deceased, her sex, age, native place, and circumstances of death. The dossier contains police correspondence, the initial corpse report, handwritten statements from relatives and other persons concerning the deceased's family circumstances and events preceding her death, prosecutorial documentation, and a detailed judicial examination of the corpse. The medico-legal examination conducted by the prosecutorial authorities records the physiological cause of death as 服毒身死—death following ingestion of poison.

Dossier concerning Cheng Yongmei (成永美), a 28-year-old man, whose death in Shanghai in July 1944 was investigated as suicide by poisoning. The police documentation identifies the substance as 砒霜 (arsenic) and treats the case as deliberate ingestion with suicidal intent. The death report records that Cheng died on 28 July 1944 at the Chinese Red Cross Hospital on Huashan Road (華山路中國紅十字會醫院).

The dossier contains the police report on the non-natural death, a narrative investigation of the circumstances surrounding the poisoning, witness interrogation, correspondence requesting judicial examination, and a detailed medico-legal examination of the corpse. The subsequent forensic examination records no significant external traumatic injuries relevant to the cause of death. The final medico-legal conclusion states 委係服毒身死—that the deceased died as a result of ingesting poison.

Dossier concerning Li Shimin (李世民), a male Shanghai resident who attempted suicide in 1948 by jumping from the second floor of his residence. A certificate from Chung San Memorial Hospital records that he had attempted suicide by jumping from a second floor and had subsequently received treatment in the hospital’s orthopedic department. Li Shimin died in Zhongshan Hospital on 10 September 1948, after which the hospital notified his family or related persons and the authorities. The Shanghai Municipal Police subsequently requested a judicial examination. The dossier contains police correspondence, hospital documentation, interrogation records concerning the circumstances of the suicide attempt, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The medico-legal examination concluded that Li Shimin died from injuries sustained in a fall (生前跌傷身死).

Dossier concerning Li Xingxing (李杏興), an 18-year-old woman from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, whose body was found in a well in Shanghai in November 1948. The police treated the case as a suicide by jumping into a well and prepared a report on the non-natural death, together with statements concerning the discovery of the body and the circumstances surrounding her death. The file also contains judicial inquest records and a detailed corpse examination. The examination identifies the deceased as Li Xingxing, female, aged 18, native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and records signs consistent with immersion. The final medico-legal conclusion states that she died after falling into water while alive (生前落水身死).

Dossier concerning Li Weifang (李維芳), a young woman who attempted suicide in Shanghai in February 1949 by ingesting Lysol (來沙). She was taken for emergency treatment to the First Hospital of the Chinese Red Cross (中國紅十字會第一醫院), where her condition was recorded as critical. The Shanghai Municipal Government Health Bureau subsequently issued a medical certificate of death recording poisoning following ingestion of Lysol as the cause of death. The dossier contains medical documentation, police investigation reports and statements concerning the circumstances of the poisoning, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal conclusion states that the deceased died from poison ingested while alive (生前服毒身死).

Dossier concerning Lin Kangshi (林康氏), a woman in her mid-fifties whose death in Shanghai on 17 May 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The archival heading explicitly attributes the suicide to a condition described as 神經病. The police non-natural death report identifies Lin as a 54-year-old woman, unemployed at the time of her death, and records the incident within the jurisdiction of the Taishan Police Branch.

Following the fall, Lin was taken for medical treatment. The dossier contains a police injury form from the Second Hospital of the Shanghai Medical Unit of the Tongrenhui (同仁會上海診療班第二醫院) and an English-language Medical Certificate of Death recording that she died at Renji Hospital (仁濟醫院) on 17 May. The latter documents severe traumatic injuries, including a forehead laceration and fracture of the base of the skull, consistent with a fall from height. It records her as female, married, Chinese, and 55 years old, creating a one-year age discrepancy with the police and later judicial records.

Police testimony investigates Lin's medical and mental condition before the suicide. Witness questioning explicitly discusses her 神經病, prior treatment, and the circumstances preceding the jump. The file also preserves medical documentation and a Chinese medical prescription associated with her treatment. The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal examination. The medico-legal records again identify Lin as approximately 54 years old and document multiple traumatic injuries. The final conclusion attributes her death to injuries sustained in the fall (跌傷致死).

Dossier concerning the deaths of two Russian women, Raissa Zartsine (柴爾先何; stamped in the file as ZARTSINE RAISSA) and her mother Anna Lyssai (李薩雅; stamped LYSSAI ANNA), who were found dead in their residence at 156/23 Route A. Courbet, Shanghai, on 22 June 1945. Raissa Zartsine was 54 years old and is described in the English police documentation as a physician/doctor. Her elderly mother had no occupation. The English police report gives the mother's age as 85, while the later Chinese medico-legal form appears to record 80, creating a documentary discrepancy.

After the women had not been seen since the previous day, building personnel and another resident contacted the police. Officers entered the premises after finding the room locked from the inside. Anna Lyssai was found lying dead on a couch, while Raissa Zartsine was found hanging by a cord/string. The police observed that the room was arranged in orderly fashion, found no evidence of a struggle, and recovered the key inside the room. Both women were transported to the First Hospital of the Red Cross Society of China, 363 Avenue Haig, where they were recorded as brought in dead.

The investigation contains extensive English- and Chinese-language witness testimony concerning the women's circumstances before their deaths. Particularly significant is the statement of Elizabeth Tonoff, another resident of the premises. She testified that shortly before her death Zartsine had been corresponding with the Japanese-controlled management or owners of the property and had received a final communication stating that the flat would be regarded as vacant from 1 July 1945 and that no further correspondence would be answered. Tonoff recalled Zartsine discussing arrangements concerning herself and her mother in connection with this situation.

The dossier also includes detailed inventories of the women's belongings, arrangements concerning their property and estate, witness statements, hospital certificates, police reports, and formal medico-legal documentation. The subsequent forensic records confirm the identification of both women. The evidence clearly establishes hanging as the mechanism of Raissa Zartsine's death. Anna Lyssai was found without obvious external traumatic injury; the surviving documentation does not establish her precise physiological cause of death with the same clarity, although the archival heading and police investigation classify the incident as the joint suicide of mother and daughter.

Dossier concerning Mei Qijin (梅其金), a 37-year-old unmarried man from Guangdong, whose death in Shanghai on 16 August 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The police non-natural death report identifies him by name, age, sex, native place, and residence and places the incident on Daxi Road (大西路), within the jurisdiction of the Songshan Police Branch.

The dossier contains an unusually extensive investigation of the circumstances preceding Mei's death. Police reconstructed his movements and contacts during the days immediately before the incident and obtained statements from numerous persons who knew him or were connected with the premises. Because the archival heading explicitly asks 因何—why Mei Qijin committed suicide—the investigation pays particular attention to his personal relationships, living arrangements, recent activities, and conversations with acquaintances. The surviving testimony, however, does not establish a single motive with sufficient certainty to reduce the case to one causal explanation.

A particularly important feature of the dossier is that the physical evidence and medico-legal findings indicate a more complicated mechanism of death than the archival title alone suggests. The police classified the case as 跳樓自殺 (suicide by jumping), but the examination of the corpse documented both blade/knife injuries and injuries resulting from the fall. The file also preserves a formal inventory of objects retained during the investigation. The final medico-legal documentation concludes that Mei died from 刀傷及跌傷—knife wounds together with injuries sustained in the fall.

Dossier concerning Yang Xinda (楊新大), a 49-year-old woman from Shanghai whose death was investigated as a suicide by drowning in March 1949. The file contains a police report on the non-natural death, handwritten witness and family statements concerning the circumstances preceding her disappearance and death, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The corpse examination identifies the deceased as 楊新大, female, aged 49, and records the location of the body in the Pudong area near 東溝楊家門. The final medico-legal conclusion states that Yang Xinda died from entering/falling into water while alive (生前落水身死).

Dossier concerning Yang Zu'an (楊祖安), a 35-year-old man from Wuxing, Zhejiang, who committed suicide by poisoning in Shanghai on 26 November 1948. According to documentation submitted by his brother, Yang, suffering from illness and weary of life (因病厭世), took poison with suicidal intent and was taken to Zhongshan Hospital, where efforts to save him were unsuccessful. A certificate from Chung Shan Memorial Hospital records that he was brought to the hospital by his brother on the evening of 26 November suffering from acute poisoning by a substance of the barbiturate group and was in a very critical condition. The dossier contains police reports and witness statements, hospital documentation, applications and judicial paperwork concerning examination and disposal of the body, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed corpse examination. The final medico-legal conclusion states that Yang Zu'an died from poisoning after intentionally taking sleeping medication while alive (生前服安眠藥自殺中毒身死).

Dossier concerning Xu Fukang (徐福康), an 18-year-old man from Shaoxing (紹興), whose death in Shanghai in March 1945 was investigated as suicide by cutting his throat. The police non-natural death report identifies Xu by name, age, sex, and native place and records his transfer for medical treatment following the suicidal act. The investigation and witness testimony indicate that Xu had suffered for approximately three years from a condition described as 半身不遂 (paralysis/hemiplegia) and had failed to recover despite medical treatment. His father, Xu Henian (徐鶴年), and other persons were questioned concerning his illness, circumstances, and the events preceding the suicide attempt.

Xu cut his throat on the evening of 22 March 1945 and was transported for emergency treatment. Medical certificates from the Shanghai Sanitarium Clinic, 171 Range Road, identify him as an 18-year-old Chinese male and explicitly describe the case as 割喉自殺 (suicide by cutting the throat); one certificate records that he died at approximately 8:45 a.m. on 23 March. The case subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal medico-legal examination. The forensic documentation records injuries to the neck consistent with the reported mechanism, and the final conclusion states 委係刀傷身死—that death resulted from a knife/blade wound.

Dossier concerning Wang Yongju (汪永菊), a 46-year-old woman from Hangzhou, whose death in Shanghai in June 1944 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The police compiled a report on the non-natural death and collected statements concerning the circumstances surrounding the incident. The file subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal examination of the body. The judicial documentation identifies the deceased as 汪永菊, aged 46, native of Hangzhou, and records the body at Guangci Hospital (廣慈醫院) for medico-legal examination. The final medico-legal conclusion states 委係跌傷身死—that death resulted from injuries sustained in a fall.

Dossier concerning Pan Yaohua (潘姚華), a young woman in her early twenties, whose death in Shanghai in July 1945 followed an earlier suicide attempt by jumping from a building. The police non-natural death report identifies her as female and records her death at Guangci Hospital (廣慈醫院).

The police narrative establishes an unusually long chronology between the suicidal act and death. On 18 May 1945, the police were notified by Guangci Hospital that Pan Yaohua had attempted suicide by jumping from a building. She survived the initial fall and remained under hospital treatment for approximately two months. The hospital subsequently notified the police that she had died on 19 July 1945, after treatment for the serious injuries sustained in the fall.

The surviving interrogation material also provides information concerning circumstances associated with the suicide. When questioned about why Pan had taken her own life, the witness referred to her suffering from a pulmonary illness (肺病) and to a condition described in the testimony as 神經不正常. These expressions should be retained as contemporary descriptions rather than translated into a specific modern psychiatric diagnosis. The dossier concludes with the formal judicial and medico-legal examination, which attributes death to the consequences of the injuries sustained in the fall.

Dossier concerning Pan Caishi (潘蔡氏), a 32-year-old woman from Wuxi (無錫), whose death in Shanghai on 5 June 1945 was investigated as suicide by ingestion of opium. The police non-natural death report identifies her by name, sex and age and initiates an investigation into the circumstances of the poisoning. The dossier contains an extensive police narrative and numerous witness interrogations concerning her family situation, activities immediately preceding the poisoning, and the circumstances in which she was discovered and taken for medical assistance.

The medical documentation from 惠旅養病院 identifies Pan Caishi as female, aged 32 and native of Wuxi, and records her address as No. 24, Lane 60, Yongshou Street (永壽街60弄24號). The hospital death certificate gives the time of death as approximately 8:40 a.m. on 5 June 1945 and states the cause as 鴉片中毒，急救無效—opium poisoning, with emergency treatment unsuccessful. The accompanying hospital record similarly documents the emergency condition in which she was received.

The case subsequently passed to the Shanghai prosecutorial authorities for formal judicial examination. The medico-legal examination again identifies the deceased as 潘蔡氏, aged 32, and records the physical condition of the body. The final forensic conclusion gives the cause of death as 服毒身死—death resulting from ingestion of poison.

Dossier concerning Wang Xiunian (王秀年), a 28-year-old woman from Huzhou (湖州), whose death in Shanghai in December 1944 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. Wang was a patient at Zhenxin Hospital (真心醫院) on Tianjin Road. A hospital certificate dated 23 December 1944 explicitly records that she had jumped from the building with suicidal intent (跳樓自殺) that morning. Medical documentation also records her age and hospitalization.

The police investigation reconstructed Wang's medical history and the circumstances immediately preceding the incident. Statements from hospital personnel indicate that she had been receiving treatment for a serious pulmonary illness, described in the interrogation material as 第三期肺結核 (third-stage pulmonary tuberculosis). Witnesses were questioned about her behavior, mental condition, relations with other patients and hospital staff, and whether anything unusual had occurred before the jump. The evidence generally indicates no immediately preceding quarrel or external act of violence.

The dossier contains extensive witness interrogations involving hospital personnel, relatives, and persons acquainted with Wang, followed by prosecutorial documentation and a formal medico-legal examination. Family testimony suggests that her prolonged illness and failure to recover may have contributed to the suicide, although witnesses did not claim definite knowledge of her motive. The final forensic documentation records the bodily injuries produced by the fall and concludes that Wang died from injuries sustained in the fall (跌傷身死).

Dossier concerning Hu Cuishi (胡翠氏), a 39-year-old woman, who died in Shanghai on 22 May 1944 after jumping from a building. The police documentation explicitly describes her as a person suffering from 瘋病 and investigates the death as suicide. A medical report was obtained following the incident, and the body was subsequently transferred for formal judicial examination.

The police investigation records that Hu had suffered from what family members described as 瘋病 for nearly three years. On the morning of 22 May, she was outside the family residence with her daughter, Hu Qiuzhen (胡秋珍). Hu asked her daughter to go inside to fetch tea; when the daughter returned, her mother had disappeared. A search revealed Hu's body lying near the rear entrance of 321 Lane, Hankou Road (漢口路三二一弄後門口), with injuries resulting from the fall. The dossier contains the initial police death report, medical documentation, statements from Hu Qiuzhen and other witnesses or relatives, police correspondence, a judicial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal documentation attributes death to injuries sustained in the fall.

Dossier concerning Zhuang Shenshi (莊沈氏), a 27-year-old woman from Changshu, whose death in December 1944 was investigated as suicide by poisoning at No. 11, Songyin Li, Nanjing West Road. Testimony indicates that her partner or husband was frequently absent; he associated her unhappiness with his inability to spend sufficient time with her. The final forensic conclusion is 委係生前服毒身死.

Dossier concerning Zhuang Ayou (莊阿佑), a 58-year-old man from Hunan, whose death in Shanghai in February 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The police report records that the incident occurred on the evening of 24 February 1945 and identifies Zhuang as the deceased. Police officers investigated the scene and compiled a formal report on the non-natural death.

The dossier contains an extensive series of witness interrogations concerning Zhuang's movements, personal circumstances, behavior before his death, and the circumstances of the jump. Witnesses were repeatedly questioned about whether they had directly observed the incident, whether there had been disputes or other suspicious circumstances, and whether they knew why Zhuang had taken his own life. The testimony does not establish a single definitive motive with sufficient certainty. The file subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal examination of the corpse. The medico-legal documentation identifies the deceased as 莊阿佑, aged 58, native of Hunan, and records injuries associated with the fall. The final forensic conclusion attributes death to injuries sustained in the fall (跌傷身死).

Dossier concerning Zhuang Yupeng (莊餘鵬), a 47-year-old male textile worker (織工) from Zhejiang, whose death in Shanghai on 1 June 1945 was investigated as suicide. The initial non-natural death report records his identity, age, native place, occupation, the place and time of discovery, and the subsequent police investigation. The dossier contains an unusually extensive investigative narrative and numerous witness interrogations reconstructing Zhuang's circumstances and activities before his death and examining his personal and household relationships.

Dossier concerning Cai Wangshi (蔡汪氏), a 39-year-old woman who committed suicide by jumping into the river in the Bund area of Shanghai on 8 October 1948. The Shanghai Municipal Police Water Branch investigated the case and recorded the place of the incident as the Huangpu River in the Bund area (外灘一帶浦江). The file contains a death certificate issued by Lester Chinese Hospital (上海仁濟醫院), police reports and witness interrogations concerning the circumstances of the incident, correspondence requesting a judicial examination, and the subsequent prosecutorial inquest and corpse examination. The examination identifies the deceased as Cai Wangshi, female, aged 39, and concludes that she died from drowning while alive (生前溺斃身死).

Dossier concerning Yuan Qinglang (袁清郎), a 33-year-old man from Jiangsu, who attempted suicide in Shanghai in November 1944. The police investigation records that on 11 November 1944 Yuan ingested 黃鏹水, a corrosive acid, with suicidal intent (意圖自殺). He was taken to Guangci Hospital (廣慈醫院) for treatment. Despite medical intervention, his condition did not improve, and he died there on 25 November 1944. The police subsequently reported the death and requested a formal judicial examination.

The dossier contains the police death report, narrative investigation, interrogation records concerning the deceased and the circumstances of the suicide attempt, correspondence with the prosecutorial authorities, and a detailed medico-legal examination of the corpse. The corpse-examination record identifies the deceased as 袁清郎, aged 33 and native of Jiangsu. The final medico-legal conclusion records 無外傷，經醫治無效身死—no external injuries were found, and death followed unsuccessful medical treatment

Dossier concerning Chu Landi (褚蘭弟), a 32-year-old woman from Jiangsu who died in Shanghai in November 1948 after ingesting poison. The file includes a certificate from the Shanghai Municipal Fourth Hospital (上海市立第四醫院), police reports and witness statements concerning the circumstances preceding the poisoning, correspondence requesting a judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The inquest identifies the deceased as 褚蘭弟, female, aged 32, and records physical findings associated with the poisoning. The final medico-legal conclusion states that the deceased died from poison taken while alive (生前服毒身死).

Dossier concerning Xu Zhongda (許仲達), a 40-year-old man from Fujian who died in Shanghai on 1 April 1949 after jumping from a building. The police investigated the death as a suicide and compiled a report on the non-natural death together with statements from persons acquainted with the deceased concerning his circumstances and behavior prior to the incident. The dossier also contains a prosecutorial inquest and a detailed examination of the corpse. The examination identifies the deceased as 許仲達, male, aged 40, native of Fujian. The final medico-legal conclusion states that he died from injuries to the head and cerebral concussion caused by a fall while alive (生前跌傷頭部腦震盪身死).

Dossier concerning Xu Nian (許念), a 49-year-old man from Guangdong, whose death in Shanghai in April 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping into a well. Police documentation identifies Xu as male, aged 49, native of Guangdong, and unemployed at the time of his death. The file includes a medical certificate from the First Hospital of the Red Cross Society of China, police reporting on the non-natural death, witness statements, and subsequent judicial and medico-legal documentation.

The witness evidence provides unusually clear information about Xu's circumstances before his death. Testimony states that he had previously worked as a carpenter (木匠) but had recently become unemployed (近來失業) and was experiencing difficulties in making a living (生活困難). He left home on the afternoon of 22 April 1945 and did not return. On the following morning, word circulated that a man had been found after jumping into a well; a person close to Xu went to the scene and identified the deceased as Xu Nian.

The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal examination of the corpse. The medico-legal forms again identify Xu as 49 years old and from Guangdong, and record physical findings associated with immersion. The final forensic conclusion states 委係溺水身死—that death resulted from drowning.

Dossier concerning Tan Chenshi (譚陳氏), a 39-year-old woman, whose death in Shanghai in September 1944 was investigated as suicide by poisoning. The police documentation explicitly associates the suicide with a quarrel with her husband (與夫口角). After ingesting poison, she was taken for medical treatment but died at Guangci Hospital on Huangshan Road (黃山路廣慈醫院). The police death report records her identity, the place and time of death, and statements from persons connected with the case.

The dossier contains the initial request for a corpse examination, the police report on the non-natural death, a narrative account of the circumstances, witness interrogations, judicial documentation, and a detailed medico-legal examination. The forensic forms identify the deceased as 譚陳氏, aged 39, and systematically record external physical findings. The final medico-legal conclusion states 委係服毒身死—that death resulted from ingestion of poison.

Dossier concerning Zhao Wangshi (趙王氏), a 59-year-old woman from Zhejiang who died in Shanghai in May 1949 after ingesting poison. The file contains a medical certificate of death issued under the Shanghai Municipal Government Health Bureau, a diagnostic certificate from Shanghai Public Hospital (上海公濟醫院), a police report on the non-natural death, witness and family statements concerning the circumstances preceding the poisoning, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The corpse examination identifies the deceased as 趙王氏, female, aged 59, and records her native place as Zhejiang. The final medico-legal conclusion states that she died from poison ingested while alive (生前服毒身死).

Dossier concerning Guo Yi (郭毅), a 28-year-old man from Hebei who died in Shanghai on 7 April 1949 after shooting himself. A medical certificate of death issued by Lester Chinese Hospital (上海仁濟醫院) identifies the deceased as 郭毅, male, aged 28, and records a gunshot wound to the head (頭腦部槍傷) as the primary cause of death. The place of death is given as the Lester Chinese Hospital on Shantung Road. The dossier contains the police report on the non-natural death, statements concerning the circumstances leading to the shooting, the hospital death certificate, judicial correspondence, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal examination concludes that Guo Yi died after using a handgun on himself, with the gunshot directed at the left temple.

Dossier concerning Zheng Xinchen (鄭信臣), a male native of Chaozhou, Guangdong (廣東潮州), whose death in Shanghai in September 1944 was investigated as suicide by poisoning. The police death report gives his age as 35, describes him as having no fixed residence and no occupation, and records the place of death as Room 2 of the Youfa Hotel (有發旅館), Lane 54, Yongping Street (永平街五四弄). He was found dead there on 24 September 1944.

The police investigation reconstructed Zheng's movements before his death and collected testimony from the hotel staff and from his wife, Zheng Xiaoshi (鄭蕭氏). The investigative narrative states that Zheng had previously worked in Nanjing and had taken a room at the Youfa Hotel shortly before his death. When hotel personnel entered the room, they found him already dead. No remaining poison container or other obvious poisonous substance was found in the room.

Particularly important is the survival of two handwritten letters treated as evidence in the case. One is addressed to his wife and contains language consistent with a farewell, urging her not to remain bound by him and to continue with her life; another is addressed to acquaintances. The evidence envelope explicitly records two letters (信二件). The dossier concludes with a formal medico-legal examination. The forensic record documents the body systematically and gives the cause of death as 服毒身死—death resulting from ingestion of poison.

Dossier concerning Chen Wushi (陳吳氏), a 43-year-old woman from Anhui, whose death in Shanghai in 1944 followed a suicide attempt involving a self-inflicted throat wound with scissors. The police corpse report records that on 24 July 1944, at approximately 7 p.m., Chen used scissors to stab or cut her throat (用剪刀戳喉管自殺) at her residence on Fulüli Road (福履理路), no. 633. She was discovered and taken to Guangci Hospital (廣慈醫院) for treatment. She remained under medical care until 30 September 1944, when she died; the hospital then notified the police and the body was transferred for medico-legal examination. The dossier contains police correspondence, interrogation records and statements from family members concerning the deceased and the circumstances of the suicide attempt, followed by a detailed judicial examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal documentation records findings consistent with suicide and does not indicate evidence establishing homicide.

Dossier concerning Chen Maoyin (陳毛因), a 49-year-old man from Shanghai, who died at his residence in Pudong on 28 May 1944 from a self-inflicted throat wound. Police documentation records that Chen had suffered from a prolonged illness and, because his condition had failed to improve, developed thoughts of suicide. At approximately 8 p.m. he used a razor (剃頭刀) to cut his throat. The incident occurred at 33 Chenjiazhai (陳家宅三十三號), Pudong. His brother, Chen Quangui (陳全貴), and other persons were questioned concerning Chen's illness, family circumstances, and the events surrounding his death.

The file contains police reports, interrogation records, correspondence with the prosecutorial authorities, a formal inquest conducted on 30 May 1944, and a detailed medico-legal examination of the corpse. The examination identifies the deceased as 陳毛因, aged 49 and native of Shanghai, and documents the throat wound and other physical findings. Because the medico-legal examination established death from a knife or razor wound but could not by itself determine whether the wound had been self-inflicted or inflicted by another person, the prosecutorial authorities requested further investigation into whether the death constituted suicide or homicide. Subsequent police inquiry supported the original account that Chen had taken his own life and found no evidence establishing homicide.

Dossier concerning Chen Gushi (陳顧氏), a 42-year-old woman from Zhejiang, whose death in Shanghai in August 1944 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The incident occurred on 2 August 1944. Police reports and witness statements investigate the circumstances immediately preceding the suicide and include particularly detailed testimony from her husband, Chen Chunyou (陳春友).

Chen Chunyou stated that he and the deceased had been married for approximately twenty years. He explained that he had recently become unemployed and that the family was experiencing serious economic and subsistence difficulties. According to his testimony, these conditions had produced increasing tension in the household, and the couple had quarreled on the afternoon preceding the suicide. He explicitly connected his wife's decision to jump from the building with the family's deteriorating livelihood and their domestic dispute. The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities and contains formal questioning, a judicial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The medico-legal record identifies the deceased as 陳顧氏, aged 42, and documents injuries consistent with a fall from height. The final forensic conclusion attributes death to injuries sustained in the fall (跌傷身死).

Dossier concerning Lu Shanxiang (陸善祥), a male native of Fenghua (奉化), whose death in Shanghai in June 1944 was investigated as suicide by hanging. The police death report identifies the deceased as 陸善祥, male, and records the place of the incident as 北四川路小菜場 (the small market on North Sichuan Road). Police documentation places the case within the jurisdiction of the Hongkou branch of the Shanghai Special Municipality First Police Bureau.

The dossier contains a medical certificate from Shanghai Chinese General Hospital (上海濟民醫院) dated 26 June 1944, a police report on the non-natural death, statements concerning the circumstances preceding the death, correspondence requesting judicial examination, and a detailed medico-legal examination of the corpse. The hospital certificate records the deceased as male and aged 30, whereas the subsequent police and medico-legal documentation records him as 33 years old, indicating a discrepancy in the age reported by the different institutions. The formal corpse examination documents findings associated with the neck and concludes that the deceased died by hanging (自縊身死).

Statistical returns concerning suicide and homicide in Shanghai's Huxi District (滬西區) during the second half of 1942 (中華民國三十一年度下半年). The four forms provide monthly data from July through December, disaggregated by sex. The suicide statistics record 13 cases, involving 8 men and 5 women, and classify them by causes, methods, and outcome; 10 resulted in death and 3 persons were rescued. A second table analyzes the same suicide cases according to age, occupation, and educational level. The homicide statistics record 12 victims, 7 male and 5 female, classifying cases according to motive or cause and outcome; 6 victims died and 6 were injured. The final table provides the age and occupational distribution of these victims.