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Annexe O.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY DR. J. T. SMALLEY, Medical Officer in Charge.
1. The total number of post mortem examinations made during year was 1,278 as compared with 980 last year and 1,324 in 1914.
2. During the year there were 14 cases of plague and 77 of small-pox as compared with 87 last year and 305 in 1914.
3. The nationalities of the bodies examined were:-
Chinese,.. 1,275
Indians, 2
Portuguese, 1
Epitome of the Causes of Death.
1916.
1915.
I. General Diseases,. 461 338
II.—Local Diseases:
(a) Nervous System, 1 2
(b) Circulatory 10 16
(c) Respiratory . 380 328 52
(d) Digestive 167 97 J
(e) Genito-Urinary System, 17 6
(f) Organs of Locomotion, 3 1
(g) Developmental Diseases,
III.—Injuries
(a) General, 223 36
(b) Local,... 22 23 11
IV.—Decomposed Bodies, 197 142
1,278 980