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Annexe O.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
REPORT BY GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Loen! Diseases.
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Respiratory System,—Continued.
1922. 1921.
Report on post-mortem examinations,
Male bodies examined,
Female bodies examined,.
1922. 2,092 1,710 1,880
1921.
(a) of the Nerrous, System :--
('erebral hæmorrhage
Hydrocephalus
Tuberculous meningitis
('erebral tunour
6
= 1 1 GO
SO TO LO
Meningitis other than C. S. F.
Brought forcard
Chronic interstitial pneu-
monia, 5 Pleurisy,
with effusion,
Pulmonary tuberculosis,
1929. 1921.
1,022 1,297
29
195 230
1,760
& Tuberculosis...
IS
Abscess of lungs,
5 16
1
Cerebral abscess....
Bronchiectasis,
7 12
Placenta,
+
1
Intracranial haemorrhage,
1
Empyenna,
102 110
Skull....
New growth in lungs,
5
Total,
3,973
3,471
Total
21
33
Infarct of lungs,
Haemothorax,
Pneumothorax,
63
Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other places, Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned,
3,365
608
3,049 422
Total,
3,973
3,471
chronic
(b) of the Circulatory System :-
Pericarditis, acute dry
+
-
with effusion, serous— purulent-
Acute ulcerative endocarditis
Hydrothorax,
Lobar pneumonia,
423
12
Lacerated lungs,...
3
Neoplasm, R. lung,
5
Dermoid cyst of thoracic
cavity,
*
Epitome of Causes of Death.
Pleuritic effusion,
1
Congenital heart disease
3
Atelectasis,
38 197
Malignant endocarditis
I. Local Diseases :-
Aortitis...
Tatol
. 2,308 1,918
(a) Of the Nervous System,
21
33
Syphilitic aortitis,
31
10
Circulatory System,
87
79
Valvular disease of heart
24
>
Respiratory System,
2,398
1,918
Fatty heart
Digestive System,
211
242
(d) of the Digestive System:
Myocarditis,
Genito-Urinary System,.
18
19
Atheroma,
Tabes mesenterica,
73
Osseous System,
4
Haemopericardium,
Peritonitis,
26
(g) Of Diseases caused by Infection,
535
614
Rupture of aneurysm of aorta,
13
tuberculous,
3
(h)
due to Disorders of Nutri-
15
Aneurysm of thoracic aorta,
Enteritis
28
48
tion or of Metabolism,
334
192
Dilated heart,
tuberculous
1
(4) Of Conditions affecting Child, result
*1
Cardiac failure,
Gastritis
of the Mechanical Causes,
179
73
Mitral regurgition,
Diarrhoea
3
(j) Of Diseases of the Skin,
Aortic regurgition,
Acute gastro-enteritis
31
12
(1)
(k)
Blood
**
25
་་
"
Lymphatics,
(1)
(32)
31
27
(0)
Areolar Tissue Breast,...
P'yo-pericarditis,
1
2
Gastric hæmorrhage
1
Perforated pyloric ulcer,
Spleen,...
2
Total
87
79
Perforated gastre ulcer,
Cancer of liver
! 1
1
tongue...
(p) Malformations,
II. Deaths from Violenco:-
(a) General,
(b) Local,
58
02
58
+-hitis,
49
29
III.General Undiagnosed Conditions,
77
188
(c) of the Respiratory System:-
Broncho-pneumonia & bron-
Pneumonia,
Tuberculous broncho pneu-
pharynx
Tumour of liver,
1,589 1,163
Carcinoma of rectum,
liver,
31 134
Cirrhosis of liver...
18
Abscess of liver
monia,
2
Cholelithiasis,
Total,
3,973
3,471
++
Carried forward,
---
1,622 1,297
Carried forward
173 182
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