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TABLE OF CASES TREATED AT THE GOVERNMENT DISPENSARY, KOWLOON,--Continued.
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Appendix 0.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
DISEASES.
Number of Number of
Patients
1925.
Patients
1924.
REPORT BY GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Report on post-mortem examinations.
1925.
1924.
Brought forward,
12,000
Mule bodies examined,
12,224
1,952
2,148
Female bodies examined,
1,614
1,873
Bones only,
Skull only,
1
Female
+
Diseases of the Male Organs of generation,
31
Organs of Locomotion,
18
29
133
137
Total,
3,568
4,022
615
559
Areolar Tissue,
3,049
7,230
Skin,
T
4,458
3,891
due to Disorders of Nutrition,
11
489
334
places,
Injuries, General,
312
538
Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other
Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned.
Local,
3,197
4,052
Poisons-Chronic Opium,
11
4
3,048
3,142
520
880
Total,
3,568
4,022
Parasites:-
(a) Animal,
1,236
1,736
(b) Vegetable,
561
745
New Growth non-malignant,
11
55
malignant,
Epitome of Causes of Death.
1.--Local Diseases :-
1
Vaccination,
474
571
Physical Examinations,
255
397
(a) of the Nervous System,
55
67
(b)
Circulatory System,
49
43
(c)
Respiratory System,
1.938
2,219
(d)
Digestive System,
162
168
Total,
(e)
26,820
32.508
Genito-Urinary System,
14
17
(f) Of Diseases caused by Infection,
398
718
(g) Diseases due to Disorder of Nutri- tion or of Metabolism,
654
445
(h) Of Conditions affecting Child, result
of Mechanical Causes,
100
104
(i) Of Diseases of the Skin,
1
(}) Of Diseases of the Blood,
1
(k) Of Diseases of the Lymphatics,
(1) Malformations,
3
II.-Deaths from Violence :—
(a) General,
48
51
(b) Local,
40
82
III. General Undiagnosed Conditions,
108
102
Total,
3,568
4,022
232