Sunday, January 26, 2020

Signing of Armistice Marked Uptake in Suicides Overseas and in U.S., Jan. 26, 1920

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., January 26, 1920

Number of Suicides Increasing Since Signing of Armistice According to Records of “Save A Life” League. . . Living Conditions Alleged to Be Responsible for Over 5,000 Deaths in America During 1919

Since the signing of the armistice there has been an unusual number of suicides everywhere according to the report of the ”Save a Life League.” In Germany, Russia, Syria and other foreign countries where the number has been very large, the cause is attributed to despair, because of the unusual living conditions brought about by the war. The report says that of the 5,112 deaths in the United States during 1919, the professions, the lawyers lead the list of 43, of these 12 were judges, 35 were physicians, and 28 teachers, and 11 clergymen.

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