213
In conclusion, I should like to express my sincere thanks to the members of the Medical, Sanitary, and other Departments who have at all times been most willing to help me and rendered most valuable assistance, and also to the members of the Staff who have performed all their duties satisfactorily.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant.
WILLIAM HUNTER.
The Honourable
J. M. ATKINSON, M.B.,
Principal Civil Medical Officer,
etc., etc.,
etc.
THE GOVERNMENT PUBLIC MORTUARY.
Total number of Post-mortem Examinations held during the year 1902, 2,816.
RETURN OF CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1902.
Total General Diseases,
.....1,636
Local Diseases :-
Of the Nervous System,
6
Circulatory System,
44
"
Respiratory System,.
401
"
Digestive System,...
235
Lymphatic System,
""
Urinary System,
Generative System,
Total Injuries,
81
776
Total Decomposed Bodies,..
404
2.816
Total,.
GENERAL DISEASES.
Small-pox,
39
Plague,
473
Enteric Fever,
7
Cholera,
379
Dysentery,
2
Beri-beri,
149
Malaria,
80
Malaria Cachexia,
6
Septicemia,
Teranus,
1.
Leprosy,
Syphilis, acquired,
Syphilis, congenital,
2
Tuberculosis,
151
Alcoholism,.
Anæmia,
5
Debility,
38
Starvation,
8
Burns,
Premature Birth,
24
Hodgkin's Disease,.
1
Opium Poisoning,
5
Stillbirth,
50
Drowning,
21
Hanging,
4
Asphyxia,
25
Marasmus,
147
Total,.....
1,636