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Annexe O.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
REPORT BY GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Report on post-mortem examinations.
1924. 1923.
Male bodies examined, 2,148 2,545 Female bodies examined, 1,873 2,291 Bones only, 1 ... Skull only, 1 ... Total, 4,022 4,837 Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other places, 3,142 3,583 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 880 1,254 Total, 4,022 4,837Epitome of Causes of Death.
I.-Local Diseases :-
Of the Nervous System, 67 62 Of the Circulatory System, 43 50 Respiratory System, 2,219 2,168 Digestive System, 168 238 Genito-Urinary System, 17 12 Of Diseases caused by Infection 718 1,189 Diseases due to Disorder of Nutrition or of Metabolism 145 735 (h) of Conditions affecting Child, result of Mechanical Causes 104 133 (i) Of Diseases of the Skin, 1 ... (j) Of Diseases of the Blood, ... 3 (k) Of Diseases of the Lymphatics, ... 3 (l) Malformations 1 3 ... 100 100II.-Deaths from Violence :-
(a) General, 51 62 (b) Local, 82 63III.-General Undiagnosed Conditions,
102 117 Total, 4,022 4,837