486. In all cases where a diagnosis cannot otherwise be made a sectio cadaveris is performed.
487. All dead rats collected by the Sanitary Authorities are taken to the mortuaries for examination with regard to plague.
488. The Public Mortuary, Victoria, is in charge of the Assistant Bacteriologist, but the Public Mortuary, Kowloon, is under a Medical Officer who has been detailed for this work in addition to his other duties.
489.
Public Mortuary, Victoria.
Report on Post-mortem Examinations, 1933:
Number of examinations performed 2,120 Male bodies examined 983 Female bodies examined 1,137 Sex unknown owing to advanced decomposition 2 Claimed bodies sent from hospitals, etc. 102 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned 2,018 Number of Chinese bodies examined 2,113 Number of Non-Chinese bodies examined 7 Male Female Total Number of bodies under 2 years of age 288 159 447 Number of bodies over 2 years of age 588 978 1,566490. Bodies were received from the following sources:-
Victoria 2,042 Harbour Police 0 Shaukiwan District 62 Other Villages 16 Number of rats examined 93,769 Number found plague infected Nil