Victoria Public Mortuary.
483. 1,036 post-mortem examinations were carried out during the year. This figure includes 157 medico-legal cases, of which 24 were examined by the Police Surgeon.
484. 31 specimens of post-mortem materials, chiefly stomach and contents, were sent to the Government Chemist for toxicological examination in cases of suspected poisoning.
485. 115,124 rats and 6,715 rat spleen smears were examined for evidence of plague. No positive cases were found, Of late, special attention was paid to rats and mice collected from steamships after sulphur dioxide fumigation.
486. Specimens of pathological interest are still being collected by the School of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, for teaching purposes.
Kowloon Public Mortuary.
487, 3,196 post-mortem examinations were carried out during the year. This figure includes 328 medico-legal cases, of which 45 were examined by the Police Surgeon.
488. 30 specimens of post-mortem materials, chiefly stomach and contents, were sent to the Government Chemist for toxicological examination in cases of suspected poisoning.
489. 106,739 rats and 8,760 rat spleen smears were examined for evidence of plague. No positive cases were found. Of late, special attention was paid to rats and mice collected from steamships after sulphur dioxide fumigation.
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A summary of the work done at the Hong Kong and Kowloon Public Mortuaries,
1951.
Total No. of Post-mortem Examinations performed
during the year
..
༞ཡཾཝཱ
+
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 No. of Non-Chinese bodies examined No. of bodies. Nationality unknown No. of Medico-Legal Cases
ILI
+
A
4,232
2,461
- 1 1
1,762
9
876
3,357
... 1,209 4,200
31
1
472
Male
Female
Total
1,207
1.044
2,251
No. of bodies over 2 years of age... 1,256
716
1,972
No. of bodies under 2 years of age
No. of bodies received from the following sources:
(Hong Kong)
Victoria District
Shaukiwan
גו
Infant Hospitals
Other Hospitals
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Marine Police Station **
Total
165
:
486
181
96
266
7
1.036