Table.-RETURN of CAUSES of DEATH as certified from the GOVERNMENT PUBLIC MORTUARY during 1901.
747
GENERAL DISEASES.
Brought forward 1,743
Small-pox,
42
Peritonitis,
11
Plague,
∙1,035
Gall Stones,
1
Typhoid Fever,
3
Cirrhosis of Liver, .....
2
Dysentery,
1
Jaundice,
22
Beri-beri,
64
Cystic Disease of Omentum,
1
Malarial Fever,
71
Malarial Cachexia,
7
Diseases of Urinary System.
Septicæmia,
27
(Puerperal),
Tetanus,
Chronic Bright's,.......
4
(Neanatorum),
4
""
Tuberculosis,
19
Diseases of Female Organs.
""
(Abdominalis),.
53
Syphilis (Congenital),..
7
Alcoholism,
1
Extra Uterine Pregnancy,
Malignant new Growth,
Placenta Previa,
1
1
Anomia,
16
Postpartum Hæmorrhage,
Debility,
63
Ruptured Uterus,
LOCAL DISEASES.
Injuries.
Diseases of Nervous System.
Fractured Skull,
Multiple,
Fractured Spine,
58
25
Meningitis,
Apoplexy,
Epilepsy,
1 ♡ ♡
Disrases of Circulatory System.
22
27
Valvular and Fatty Disease,
45
Dislocation of Neck,
Gunshot Wounds,
Wound of Chest (Stab),
Wrist, Brain (Stab),
"Leg, Ruptured Spleen,
·
1
4
1
1
Pericarditis,..
9
Heart,
1
12
2
77
Acute Endocarditis,.
Liver,
17
Aortic aneurism,
Diseases of Respiratory System.
Effects of Heat.
Heat Stroke,
ལ
Phthisis,
Pneumonia,
Pleurisy,
Bronchitis,
Broncho-pneumonia,
78
Empyema,
17
Gangrene of Lung,
1
Fish
Diseases of Digestive System.
Still birth,
Hanging,
Diarrhoea,..... Enteritis,
53
Drowning,
Asphyxia,
Unknown,
Carried forward... 1,743
40
39
26
GOLGOTH
Burns,
2
14
Poisoning.
Opium Poisoning,
Worms (reflex action),
Premature Birth,
10
3
19
1
68
36
4
35
20
153
Total....
2,250
J. BELL,
Medical Officer in charge of Post-mortems.