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Annexe M.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA,
REPORT BY DR. H. MACFARLANE, Bacteriologist.
Report on Post Mortems.
Male bodies examined, 1911. 1910. Female bodies examined, 1,065 972 1,045 1,017 Sex undetermined, 1 2 Total, 2,114 1,993 Claimed bodies sent from Hospital and other places, 1,723 1,730 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 391 263 Total, 2,114 1,993Epitome of Causes of Death.
I.-General Diseases, 1911. 1910. 984 767 II.- Local Diseases: - (a) of the Nervous System, 3 13 (b) Circulatory System, 49 42 (c) Respiratory System, 666 759 (d) Digestive System, 178 168 (e) Genito-Urinary System, 8 11 (f) Other Systems, 3 ** III.-Death from Violence, 68 64 IV.-Decomposed bodies, 158 166 Total, 2,114 1,993Page 315
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