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Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera

Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera

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·November 19, 2025
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benterix

The stats from enclosed page are quite interesting. People speak today about depression/suicide epidemic, but when you look at that old numbers, "grief" and "hanged themselves" together give a top percentage.

Freak_NL

Cause of Death:

> Scalded in a Brewer's Maſh, at St. Giles Cripplegate, 01.

That's… quite specific.

And then there is the joker who entered 'suddenly' as the cause of death.

omnicognate

Horrific, I imagine. Brewer's mash is usually a little below 70°C. If someone fell in they probably survived with extensive scalding and died later from infection.