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Annexe N.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY DR. W W PEARSE, Medical Officer in Charge.
The total number of Post Mortem Examinations made during 1910 was 836 as compared with 898 during 1909.
The causes of death may be classified as follow:--
1910. 1909.
General Diseases,--Cont. 1910. 1909.
General Diseases,
338 351
Diseases of the Nervous
Brought forward,
104 121
System, -
1 0
General Tuberculosis,
12 16
Diseases of the Circulatory
Marasmus,
58 63
System,
7 25
Prematurity.
18 18
Diseases of the Respiratory
Still-births,
39 38
System, -
336 399
Senile Decay,
10 2
Diseases of the Digestive
Debility at Birth,
4 0
4 4
System,
94 72
Decomposed Bodies.
105 103
Diseases of the Urinary
System,
3 6
338 351
Diseases of the Hæmopoetic
System, -
0 2
Local Diseases.
Diseases of the Reproductive
System, -
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Circulatory System.
1910. 1909.
Acute Pericarditis,
Diseases due of Intestinal
Parasites,
Diseases of the Organs of
Locomotion,
Developmental Diseases.-
New Growth,
Injuries, General,
Injuries, Local,
General Diseases.
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Septic Pericarditis,
Valvular Disease of Heart.
T Mortis Aneurysm,
1 2
Anæmia,
1 1
Endocarditis,
24 24
Fatty Degeneration of Heart.
8 13
836 898
Intra-pericardial Hæmorrhage,
1 0
1 2
6 7
25
1910 1909.
Digestive System.
1910. 1909.
Plague,
3 31
Abscess of Liver (Amæbic),
0 1
Small-pox,
1 2
Hepatitis,
1
Enteric Fever,
4 3
Catarrhal Jaundice,
1
Diphtheria,
1
Icterus Neonatorum,
2
Puerperal Fever,
0 1
Cirrhosis of Liver,
7
Septicæmia,
3 8
Peritonitis,
5
Sapræmia,
1
Septic Peritonitis,
11 2
Leprosy,
0 1
Tubercular Peritonitis,
4 1
Beri-beri,
49 33
Tabes Mesenterica,
1 0
Dysentery,
7 10
Noma,
0 1
Malaria,
35 25
Gastritis,
0 1
Syphilis,
1 4
Intestinal Obstruction,
2 1
Carried forward,-
104 121
Carried forward,
31 33