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Annexe N.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Report on Post Mortems.
1917 1916 Male bodies examined, 1,554 1,848 Female bodies examined, 1,640 1,859 Total, 3,194 3,707 Claimed bodies sent from hospital and other places, 2,549 2,712 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 645 995 Total, 3,194 3,707Epitome of Causes of Death.
1917 1916 I.-General Diseases, 1,778 2,106 II.-Local Diseases :- (a) Of the Nervous System, 9 11 (b) of the Circulatory System, 73 89 (c) Of the Respiratory System, 774 888 (d) of the Digestive System, 464 505 (e) Of the Genito-Urinary System, 24 18 Of the Osseous System; 1 1 III.-Deaths from Violence, 71 89 Total, 3,194 3,707