Third Class Inspectors.
D. O'KIEFFE.
J. R. LEE.
S. KELLY.
F. WARD.
*C. W. COYSH.
F. O. AMY.
J. A. BULLIN. H. PEARSON.
C. E. FRITH. C. W. WARD.
R. HUDSON.
The Secretary of the
SANITARY BOARD.
Overseer of Cemeteries.
H. J. WHITE.
I have, &c.,
FRANCIS CLARK, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Appendix A.
SIR, I have the honour to forward my Report on the Public Mortuary, Kowloon, for the year 1904. The total number of post-mortems made during that period — 675.
These were divided up as follows:-
January, February, = 21 March,
—
28
April,= 66 May, 102
=
40
June,= 57
July, August, September, = 45
=
79
61
October,
•November, =
57 December, =
79
The following is the return of causes of death :-
1. Total General. Diseases,
2. Total Local Diseases,.
•
a. of Circulatory System,.
271 ....209
32
b. of Respiratory System,
...156
*
c. of Digestive System,
11
d. of Urinary System,
8
e. of Generative System, .....
3
3. Total Injuries,
31
4. Decomposed Bodies,
.......164
1. General Diseases.
Small-pox,
Septic,
Pneumonic,
Plague.--Bubonic (Femoral 84; Axillary 6),................90
Enteric Fever,.••••••
Beri-Beri,..
Malaria,
Septicæmia,
Acute General Tuberculosis,
Premature Birth,..
Still Birth,
Marasmus,
Leprosy,
Abscess of Thigh,
Mediastinal Abscess,
6
....27
1
1
...52
.32
1
5
2
8
42
1
1
1
* These officers have the Inspector's Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute.