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between carriages and other vehicles, 61 ; collisions between 

 carriages and trees, 4; collisions between bicycles, 18; collisions 

 between bicycles and carriages, 40 ; accidents from falling in 

 Prospect Park 19, in Washington Park 2 and in Carroll Park 

 1 ; accidents from falling from trolley cars on Ninth avenue 

 and Coney Island Road, 3 ; accidents by being knocked down 

 and injured by bicycles, 5 ; accidents from being knocked down 

 and injured by carriages, 2 ; injuries in playing ball, 3 ; number 

 of persons who fell in lake and were rescued by the police, 6. 



There were 23 persons taken sick in Prospect Park, 1 in 

 Tompkins Park, 13 in Washington Park, and 1 in Carroll Park, 

 all of whom were taken to the hospital or to their homes. 

 Twenty-eight lost children were restored to their parents, and 

 eight demented persons, found wandering in the park, were 

 restored to their homes. 



There were two suicides, both by firearms, one in Prospect 

 Park and one in Washington Park. 



Two persons attempted suicide in Prospect Park, one by 

 drowning and one by poison. 



There were two abandoned infants found in Washington 

 Park, one of which was turned over to the Society for the 

 Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and the other to the City 

 Nurse. The dead body of an abandoned infant was found 

 in Washington Park and taken to the morgue. 



Twenty runaway horses, with wagons attached, in which 

 life and property were in danger, were caught by the police. 



The number of ambulance calls during the year was sixty- 

 nine. 



Respectfully submitted, 



M. A. McNAMARA, 



Captain of Police. 



