Show Suicides Tho statistics of suicides show that the number of them does not greatly increase year by year In New York from 1670 to 1SS4 suicides did not increase rapidly as the population They averaged the first three years of this period of fifteen years US in tho nest three years covering 73 74 and 75155 in the next three years 140 and in tho next three years but 145 But in tho last three years 82 83 and 84 all hard years suicides rose to 190 but even this is not roper ro-per cent greater than tho hard years 7374 and 75 although population has risen to this extent |