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Annexe O.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
REPORT BY GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Report on post-mortem examinations.
1922.
1921.
Male bodies examined, 2,092 1,710 Female bodies examined,.. 1,880 1,760 Placenta, 1 Skull,... 1 1 Total, 3,973 3,471 Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other places, 3,365 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 429 3,049 GOS Total, 3,973 3,471Epitome of Causes of Death.
I. Local Diseases :----
(a) of the Nervous System, 21 33 (b) of the Circulatory System, 57 79 of the Respiratory System, 2,398 1,918 of the Digestive System, 211 242 Genito-Urinary System,... 18 19 Osseous System, 4 (g) Of Diseases caused by Infection, 535 614 (h) due to Disorders of Nutrition or of Metabolism, 334 192 of Conditions affecting Child, result of the Mechanical Causes, 179 78 (j) Of Diseases of the Skin, 1 (k) 17 15 (l) of the Blood Lymphatics, Spleen,... Areolar Tissue Breast,... (p) Malformations, ...II.-Deaths from Violence :--
(a) General, 6 49 (b) Local, 25 29III.-General Undiagnosed Conditions,
62 77 Total, 3,973 3,471