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Public Mortuary, Kowloon.

Report on Post-mortem Examinations, 1933.

Number of examinations performed

2,995

Male bodies examined

1,648

Female bodies examined

1,322

Bodies of unknown sex (indistinguishable)

25

Claimed bodies sent from Hospitals, etc. .........

466

Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned

2,529

Number of Chinese bodies examined

2,979

Number of Non-Chinese bodies examined

16

Male. Female. unknown. Total. Number of bodies under 1,204 1,093 17 2,314 Number of bodies over 422 259 0 681

Bodies were received from the following sources:-

Kowloon District

Harbour Police

Number of rats examined 80,231 Number found plague infected D 2,806 189

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