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the war time followed by an increase after the war, The non indicta- 

 ble oftences or lighter forms of crime do not appear to have been af- 

 fected by the war. In Scotland, however, the less serious crimes iinder 

 the head of miscellaneous offences increased during the war period, 

 with a decrease following the war. More serioiis crimes, under crimes 

 against the persons, decreased during the war period. 



SUICIDE IN WAR TIMES 



Tn table 19 ivS the number of deaths from suicide, relative to popu- 

 lation, for war and peace periods. In Scotland and Ireland' there is a 

 distinct decrease in the war time and subsequent increase. This has 

 all the more forcé, since here as in many other countries, there has 

 been a general tendency to an large increase of suicides. Such morbid 

 psychological tendencies gain weight, as it were, by their own Ímpe- 

 tus. Thus in Enghmd where the tendency was much the greatesfc 

 (three times that of Ireland and nearly twice that of Scotland), there 

 was no decrease in the war period. But considering the three coun- 

 tries as one, this table shows a decrease in suicides for the war period. 



TABLE 19. — Deaths from suicide per million population ^ 



' See Judicial Statistics for each couniry, 1895-07. 



