30 MAY 1931, Page 15

ATTEXPTED SUICIDES.

Not fewer than seven females, of different ages, attempted to put a period to their existence on Monday. One of them, whose name is unknown, had taken oxalic acid ; she was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital, with but little hopes of recovery. Another was detested by her husband in the street, swallowing the contents of a phial of laudanum 1 Another female made an attempt to cut her throat in Holies Street, Clare Market, but was happily prevented. (In all cases of attempts, bread and water with the tread-mill for three months are sovereign remedies.—Abernethy.)