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Appendix 0.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
REPORT ON POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.
Male bodies examined
Female bodies examined
Bones only
Skull only
1926.
1925.
1,582
1,952
1,376
1,614
Total
2,958
3,568
Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other
places
2,511
3,048
Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned
447
520
Total
2,958
3.568
EPITOME OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
I.-Local Diseases :--
(a) of the Nervous System
18
55
(b)
11
Circulatory System
24
49
(c)
11
Respiratory System
1,595
1,938
(d)
Digestive System
271
162
(e)
Genito-Urinary System
15
14
(Of Diseases caused by Infection
249
398
(g) Diseases due to Disorder of Nutri-
tion or of Metabolism
518
654
(h) Of Conditions affecting Child, result
of Mechanical Causes
97
100
(1) Of Diseases of the Skin
1
1
(j)
Blood
(k)
Lymphatics
(1) Malformations
II.-Deaths from Violence :-
(a) General
(b) Local
III.-General Undiagnosed Conditions
Total
61
48
28
40
81
108
2,958
3,568
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