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PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
REPORT BY ACTING GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Report on post mortem examinations.
1921 1920 Male bodies examined, 1,710 1,943 Female bodies examined. 1,760 1,898 Placenta, 1 1 Total, 3,471 3,842 1921 1920 Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other places, 3,049 3,385 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 422 457 Total, 3,471 3,842Epitome of Causes of Death.
1921 1920 I.-General Diseases, 1,302 1,413 II.-Local Diseases :-- (a) Of the Nervous System, 33 57 (b) Circulatory System, 79 97 (c) Respiratory System, 1,721 1,792 (d) Digestive System, 226 290 (e) Genito-Urinary System, 19 48 (f) Osseous System, 4 7 III.-Deaths from Violence :- (a) General, (b) Local, 58 55 Total, 29 53 3,471 3,842Page 405
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