Show t y f n S. S i de Age for Japanese 1 ri Is Is' Discovered as 20 to t to 30 TOKIO PINS Illness INS Illness was Wa the main cause of most of th the 3 suicides In Japan from 1931 to 1935 r and poison polson the chief self i- i f IS destruction r These and other facts h have ve been v revealed by an investigation carried out out by the crime prevention section of of the Japanese home office The ages at which men and end wo wo- of men n are e most liable ble to sui suicide ide range it shows it-shows shows from 20 to 30 Japanese men pre Are more liable self to tion than Joan women The m In which suicides take place most frequently frequently fre fre- q Is May and the most usual time is lOp 10 p p. p m mo The T investigation e has been made in View i of the fact that the number i or of of suicides has been increasing year year- ly Iy in J Japan pan and now suicide is a serious social problem The principal principal prin prin- cipal object it Is understood was to discover the relationship between I suicide and weather Alth Although gh it has been assumed that suicide is most liable to be committed d on sultry summer days the investigation tion has upset this common belief by establishing the fact that suicides suicides suicides sui sui- sui- sui occur more frequently in May than In any other month Classified according to causes illness illness ill ill- ness heads beads the list with c eases cases ses followed by domestic trouble with 1325 Then come dementia with 1139 mental depression with with- 1085 lost lest l st love iove with 1000 living difficulties difficulties with and unemployment with The number of suicides by poison d during ring the five year pe period iod investigated gated was BS by jumping into craters 2452 by drowning 2243 by hanging 1792 by being run over ovel by ele electric tram ra c cars rs and I daggers by being run run over by I trains trains and by y gas Of t the e suicides s those thos between 20 a arid and d 30 in age numbered those I I between 16 and 20 24 2416 were men and were wom women n The I time period in which suicides took place in the largest number of cases was between 7 p. p m. m and 11 p. p m. m th the number about 10 p. p m. m being and 11 p p. p m. m Classified according to months I May 1 list st with foil followed wed I by y March with and then- then April with the list being footed 1 I October with 8 J |