M 76
Death from Violence
(a.) General:-
Multiple injuries...
stab wounds
Hanging and asphyxia by ligature
Asphyxia and suffocation
Drowning
Opium poisoning...
Narcotic
Burns and scalds
1920 1919 Brought forward ... 5 3 Stab wound of heart 1 3 aorta 1 thorax 1 throat 1 9 17 Wound of neck 1 11 1 scalp 1 Cut-throat 2 5 Fracture of skull 23 34 11 3 and rib 1 Electrocution 1 rib & pelvis 1 7 "" Total... 85 41 and pelvis 1 Rupture of spleen... 5 3 and liver 1(b.) Local:-
1920 1919 and kidney 1 aorta 1 Bullet wound of brain... 1 head 1 32 neck 1 chest... abdomen 1 aneurysm of caeliac axis... 1 Hæmorrhage following fracture of spine 2 1 of rib... 2 1 Total... 53 55Carried forward
5
3
Total plague cases
32
25 claimed.
7 unclaimed.
Total small-pox cases
3
1 claimed.
2 unclaimed.
Number of bodies sent to Public Mortuary (Victoria) during 1920.
Victoria Harbour Old Kowloon New Kowloon Shaukiwan Other Villages Chinese 3,835 3,645 96 1 2 38 53 Japanese 2 1 1 Indian 2 1 1 European 1 Portuguese 1 English 1 Total 3,842 3,650 97 1 2 38 54