AnnualReport-1919

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Annexe O.

PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.

REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.

Report on Post Mortems.

1919. 1918.

Male bodies examined, 1,555 2,080 Female bodies examined, 1,605 2,016 Placenta only, 1 - Total, 3,161 4,096 Claimed bodies sent from hospital and other places, 2,771 3,416 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 390 680 Total, 3,161 4,096

Epitome of Causes of Death.

I.-General Diseases, 1,670 2,468 II.-Local Diseases :- (a) of the Nervous System, 26 16 (b) Circulatory System, 43 58 (c) Respiratory System, 945 946 (d) Digestive System, 346 465 (e) Genito-Urinary System, 39 21 (f) Osseous System, 19 14 (g) 6 III.-Deaths from Violence :- (a) General, (b) Local, 41 55 51 38 Total, 3,161 4,096