DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 200, 



carriages and bicycles, 25 ; collisions between bicycles, 46 ; run 

 down and injured by bicycles and tricycles, 7; run down and in- 

 jured by wagons and carriages, 2 ; fell while skating on lake in 

 Prospect Park, 4 ; fell in Park and injured, 1 1 ; fell in Washington 

 Park and injured, 4 ; fell in Prospect Park lake and rescued by 

 police, 4; fell in Carroll Park fountain and rescued by police, 1 ; 

 injured while playing baseball in Parade Ground, 3 ; injured while 

 playing football, 4; fell from scaffold at Brooklyn Institute and 

 injured, 2. 



There were 34 persons taken sick in Prospect Park, 4 in Wash- 

 ington Park, 1 in Winthrop Park and 1 in Carroll Park, all of 

 whom were taken to the hospital or to their homes. Twenty- 

 seven lost children were restored to their parents, and one insane 

 person restored to the institution from which he came. 



There were two suicides, one by firearms and one by drown- 

 ing in the lake. 



Two persons attempted suicide, one by poison and one by 

 hanging. 



There were twenty-eight runaway horses caught by the police, 

 in which life and property were in danger. 



There was one fatal accident, which occurred in a football 

 game on the Parade Ground on Thanksgiving Day. 



The number of ambulance calls during the year was seventy- 

 nine. 



Respectfully submitted, 



M. A. McNAMARA, 



Captain of Police. 



