282
III.
DUCKS.45 examined, 22 returned as infected.
IV.
PIGEONS. 9 examined, 2 returned as infected.
V.
OTHER BIRDS.-12 examined, 1 returned as infected.
The same
remarks apply to these as to fowls.
VI.
CATS.-18 examined, 3 found infected.
VII. RABBIT.-1 examined, negative.
VIII. DOG.-1 examined, negative.
TOTAL NUMBER OF POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS HELD ON CHILDREN UNDER
5 YEARS OF AGE DURING THE YEAR 1903,
Number of Examinations of:-
812.
Male Children,
..396 or
49 %
Female Children,
........416
51 %
I.
II.
Children sent from Convents comprise.. Children found " Dumped
...
26%
}
III. Children sent from Houses,.
73.26% 74%
RETURN OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
1.- Under 2 years of age.
Marasmus,
Broncho-pneumonia,
Diarrhoea,
...166
56
36
Plague, septic,
Inanition.
31
30
Croupous Pneumonia,
Acute Bronchitis,
12
12
Tubercular Pneumonia,
11
Malaria.....
8
Atelectasis,
7
Small-pox,
5
Acute Tuberculosis,
Plague, bubonic,
Plague, pneumonic,
Acute Pleurisy,
Exposure,
4
4
3
Jaundice,
Acute Endocarditis,
2
1
1
Tubercular Enteritis, Fracture of Skull...
Acute Pericarditis,
Enteric Fever,
Intestinal Atrophy.
Rupture of Stomach,
Congenital Syphilis,
Bodies "Too Decomposed
77
Number of Skeletons,
1
1
1
1
44
2
II.-Over 2 years and under 5 years of age.
Plague, septic,
50
Broncho-puennonia,.
40
Marasmus...
35
Acute Tuberculosis,
27
Malaria,...
27
Plague, bubonic,
27
Diarrhea
21
Croupous Pneumonia,
18
Plague Pneumonia,
14
Small-pox, .......
11
Tubercular Pneumonia,
11
Acute Bronchitis,
9
Inanition,
3
Beri-beri,..
3