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1961.
STAFF.
Mr. Edward Collins, Chemist, proceeded on leave on 15th March,
Mr. Tong Kwok Hung, joined the staff on 24th November, 1950, when the Department of Commerce & Industry Laboratory was trans- ferred.
(Kowloon)
District, Police Station & Hospitals.
Marine Police Station
"T" Land
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Mongkok Shumshuipo
ANNEXURE Q.
A SUMMARY OF THE WORK DONE AT THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
1950.
Total number of Post-mortem Examination performed during
the year
No. of male bodies examined
No. of female bodies examined
Sex unknown owing to decomposition
No. of claimed bodies sent from hospital, etc.
No. of unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned
No. of bodies cremated
No. of Chinese bodies examined
J. REDMAN, B.Sc., Tech., A.M.C.T., F.R.LC. Government Chemist.
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Ping Shan Hung Hom Kowloon City Sai Kung Cheung Chau Lok Ma Chao Kam Tin Sheung Shui Ta Ku Ling
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Taun Wan Castle Peak
H
+
101
31
114
92
499
14
3
A
F
**
38
123
387
7 13
10
3,913
2,137
1,767
9
713
3,200
1,168
3,887
No. of Non-Chinese bodies examined
No. of bodies Nationality unknown
23
3
No. of Medico-Legal Cases
441
No. of rats spleen smears taken for examination
No. of rats infected with plague
4
22
14
1
Tai Po
Shatin
Tai O Shataukok Hospitals
FT
**
TY
28
*
*F
7
1,521
Total
3,029
No. of rats caught and brought to mortuaries
No. of rats examined
208,263
208,263
15,604
Nil.
Male
Female
Total
No. of bodies under 2 years of age
1,243
1,292
2,535
894
475
1,369
No. of bodies over 2 years of age
No, of bodies received from the following sources:
(Hong Kong)
Victoria District
Shaukiwan
From hospitals
Infant convent
508
149
96
136
Total
884
150
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151