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Annexe O.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA,
REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Report on Post Mortems.
Male bodies examined, 1,943 1,555 1,898 1,605
Female bodies examined, ... 1 1
Placenta, 1
Total, 3,842 3,161
1920.
19 19.
Claimed bodies sent from hospital and other places, 3,385 2,771
Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 457 390
Total, 3,842 3,161
Epitome of Causes of Death.
I.-General Diseases, 1,413 1,684
II.-Local Diseases :-
(a) Of the Nervous System, 57 26
(b) Circulatory System, 97 40
(c) Respiratory System, 1,792 945
(d) Digestive System, 290 349
(e) Genito-Urinary System, ... 48 19
(f) Osseous System, 7 1
III.-Deaths from Violence :-
(a) General, (b) Local, 85 41
Total, 53 55
3,842 3,161