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Annexe N.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY DR. J. T. SMALLEY, Medical Officer in Charge.
1. The total number of Post Mortem Examinations made during the year was 1,324 as compared with 1,063 in 1913 and 1,491 in 1912.
2. During the year there were 305 cases of Small-pox and Plague as compared with 62 in 1913 and 624 in 1912.
3. The Nationalities of the bodies were as follows:
Chinese, 1,318 Indians, 4 Portuguese, 1 Filipino, 1 1,324Epitome of the Causes of Death.
1914. 1913. I. General Diseases, 586 346 II. Local Diseases :- (a) Of the Nervous System, 8 5 (b) Circulatory System, 13 15 (c) Respiratory System, 329 343 (d) Digestive System, 69 55 (e) Genito-Urinary System. 2 12 (f) Organs of Locomotion, 1 (g) Developmental Diseases, 1 III. Injuries :- (a) General, 21 16 (b) Local. 38 17 IV. Decomposed bodies, 279 231 Total, 1,324 1,063Page 94