Salt Lake Times | 1890-12-20 | Page 10 | Child Suicides

Child Suicides. The Medical and Surgical Reporter is authority for the statement that from. i Jan. 1 to Sept. 1, lflK), 62 children 40 boys and 16 girls committed suicide in Berlin. Of this number 21 had attained tho age of ir, 14 their 14th year, 9 their 13th, while 7 were only 12 years of age and 1 had not attained the age of 7. In most of the cases the immediate cause for tho act remains a secret, but it is supposed to have been due to exceptional severity on the part of servants or teachers.