AnnualReport-1928

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PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.

Report on Post Mortem Examinations, 1928.

Number of post-mortem examinations performed. 2,504

Male bodies examined 1,472 Female bodies examined 1,032 Claimed bodies sent from hospitals, &c. 527 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned 1,977 Number of Chinese bodies examined 2,500 European 1 Indian 1 Unknown 2 TOTAL 2,504

Bodies were received from the following sources:

Kowloon District 2,204 Harbour Police 300

Number of rats examined

Number found plague infected

60,260

Nil.

ANALYSTS DEPARTMENT.

1. The report of the Government Analyst is given in the Appendix.

APPENDIX A.

BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

Report for the year 1928

By E. P. Minett, M.D., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H.

Government Bacteriologist.

1.-STAFF.

The Bacteriologist was away on leave from 25.1.28 to 8.11.28. During his absence Dr.

Dr. W. K. Dunscombe, the Assistant Bacteriologist acted in his stead.

The work of the laboratory continues to increase steadily, more especially in the preparation of Vaccine Lymph,