TABLE 33
TABLE 31
Kowloon
Victoria
SUICIDES IN HONG KONG, 1959
Total Autopsies performed
3,084
1.256
Number of identified bodies Number of unidentified bodies
898
658
Drowning
Hanging
2,186
598
Jumping from heights
Deaths due to natural causes
2.621
943
Poisoning by Insecticides
Deaths due to unnatural causes
463
308
Other Poisonings Others
Males
1.107
802
Sex
Females
1.973
450
Total Suicides
Unknown
+
Pictoria
Kowloon
37.9%
6.4%
17.8%
26.4%
36.4%
25,4%%%
6.4%
20.0%
8.6%
19.5%%
2.9%
1.3%
100%
100%
140
220
Race |
Chinese
3,079
1,239
Non-Chinese
5
17
Age Groups Over 60 years
135
181
45 - 60 years
380
290
30-45 years
662
222
15-30 years
134
103
1-15 years
$11
127
| month - 1 year
563
$1
under t monch
585
123
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
374. All medico-legal work in connexion with the investigation of crime is carried out from laboratories situated in the Police Head- quarters building. The laboratories are staffed jointly by the Medical und Health and Police Departments, the staff consisting of the Senior Forensic Pathologist in charge, two M.O.s and one Assistant Chemist. and five members of the Police Force, one of whom is a woman constable. Table 36 details the work done during the year.
Stillbirths
110
མས་
Age unknowIL
4
18
7
TABLE 36
STATISTICS FROM 1ST APRIL, 1954 TO 31st March, 19960.
Examination of rodents for plague
Total number examined
TABLE 34
Kowloon
133,469
162,295
36.920
65,895
61
Nil
고
Nil
Dissection and mascroscopic examination Complete bacteriological examination Positive for plague
372. The prevalence of suicide as a cause of death has given rise to a detailed investigation by the Government Senior Psychiatric Specialist. A monograph on this subject was published by the Hong Kong Univer sity Press in November 1958.
373. It is of interest to record the frequency and pattern of causes of deaths occurring in this way during 1959. Table 35 is an analysis of suicide cases brought to the two public mortuaries.
Examination of victims and suspects
416
Attendance at scenes of crime
90
Attendance at courts
41
Medico-Legal post mortems
184
Medico-Legal examination of weapons
$4
Examination of hairs, fibres and other slides
364
Examination of clothing
642
Miscellaneous examinations (Articles)
275
Blood Grouping (Medico-legal)
1,582
Blood Grouping (Police Officers)
653
Lectures to Police Officers including advanced course
38
Assistance in Raids
Breach of Pharmacy & Poisons Ord. and Penicillin Ord. Unregistered Medical Practitioners
47
12
Abortions
Nil
Illegal dental practice
375. The Senior Forensic Pathologist is Lecturer in Forensic Medicine at the Hong Kong University and also lectures on the medico- legal aspects of crime to the Advanced Detective Training Course.
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