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Appendix 0.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA:
REPORT BY GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
Report on post-mortem examinations.
1925. 1924.
Male bodies examined, 1,952 2,148 Female bodies examined, 1,614 1,873 Bones only, 1 Skull only, 1 1 Total, 3,568 4,022 Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other places, 3,048 3,142 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned, 520 880 Total, 3,568 4,022Epitome of Causes of Death.
I.-Local Diseases:-
(a) of the Nervous System,
(b) Circulatory System,
(c) Respiratory System,
(d) Digestive System,
(e) Genito-Urinary System,
(f) Of Diseases caused by Infection,
(g) Diseases due to Disorder of Nutrition or of Metabolism,
(h) of Conditions affecting Child, result of Mechanical Causes,
(i) Of Diseases of the Skin,
(j) Of Diseases of the Blood,
(k) Of Diseases of the Lymphatics,
(l) Malformations,
55 67 49 43 1,938 2,219 162 168 19 14 17 ... 398 718 654 445 100 104 1 1 3 1 3II.-Deaths from Violence:-
(a) General,
(b) Local,
48 51 40 82III.-General Undiagnosed Conditions,
108 102Total,
3,568 4,022