# K 69
Annexe M.
## PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
## REPORT BY DR. E. A. SHAW, R.N., Acting Bacteriologist.
During the first three months of the year the work at the Mortuary was done by Dr. C. M. Heanley; by Dr. Hunter from April till the commencement of his fatal illness, then by Dr. J. C. Thomson till I took over in June. Mr. Chan Tsun-kon has ably assisted in the work since his appointment to the Department in April, 1909.
## Report on Post Mortems.
1909 1908 Male bodies examined, 1,006 1,329 Female 12 Sex undetermined, 3 Total, 1,015 1,373 2,021 2,705 Claimed bodies sent from Hospitals and other places, 1,766 2,006 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 255 699 Total, 2,021 2,705## Epitome of Causes of Death.
1909 1908 I. General Diseases, 882 1,165 II. Local Diseases :- (a.) Of the Nervous System, 44 3 (b.) Circulatory System, 30 33 (c.) Respiratory System, 715 865 (d.) Digestive System, 207 260 (e.) Genito-Urinary System, 11 10 (f.) Other Systems, 2 III. Death from Violence, 63 106 IV. Decomposed Bodies, 67 263 Total, 2,021 2,705