# K 73
Annexe N.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY DR. H. MACFARLANE, Medical Officer.
The total number of Post Mortem examinations made during 1909 was 898, as compared with 1,137 during 1908.
The causes of death may be classified as follows:--
1909 1908 General Diseases, 359 684 Brought forward,... 175 396 Diseases of the Nervous System, 0 Diseases of the Circulatory System, 25 25 Diseases of the Respiratory System, 399 Diseases of the Digestive System, 64 103 Diseases of the Urinary System, 6 12 Diseases of the Hæmopoetic System, 3 3 Diseases of the Reproductive System, 0 6 Diseases due to Internal Parasites,- 1 3 Diseases of the Organs of Locomotion, 1 0 Developmental Diseases, 2 0 New Growth, 1 0 Injuries, General, 24 128 Do., Local, 13 14 898 1,137 Local Diseases 1909 1908 Circulatory System. Acute Pericarditis, 7 5 Septic Pericarditis, 2 3 Valvular Disease of Heart,- 7 16 Aortic Aneurysm, 1 1 Anæmia, 1 0 Endocarditis, 1 0 Fatty Degeneration of Heart, 6 0 Respiratory System. 1909 1908 Lobar Pneumonia, 71 65 Broncho-Pneumonia, - 138 158 Septic Pneumonia, 6 3 Plague, Small-pox, 31 98 Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 28 28 Empyema, 3 2 Enteric Fever, 3 1 Emphysema, 3 Diphtheria, 1 1 Pulmonary Hæmoptysis, 1 Puerperal Fever,- 1 2 Pleurisy, 33 Septicæmia, 8 6 Pulmonary Hæmorrhage, 2 Saproemia, 1 0 Capillary Bronchitis, 39 IONOOO 0 2 0 2 Leprosy. 2 1 Atelectasis, 39 0 Beri-beri, 33 31 Bronchitis, 32 0 Dysentery, 10 9 Bronchiectasis, 1 0 Malaria, 25 63 Gangrene of Lung, 2 0 Infarction of Lung, 1 0 Syphilis, 4 2 General Tuberculosis, Marasmus, - 38 69 22 16 Other Diseases, - 0 1 399 259 Carrivd forward,... 175 396