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PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.

448. Report on Post-mortem Examinations, 1934:

Number of examinations performed
2,472

Male bodies examined....
1,376

Female bodies examined
1,082

Bodies of unknown sex (indistinguishable)
14

Claimed bodies sent from Hospitals, etc.
1,025

Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned
1,447

Number of Chinese bodies examined
2,460

Number of Non-Chinese bodies examined
12

Male. Female. Unknown. Total. Number of bodies under 2 years of age 998 905 14 1,917 Number of bodies over 2 years of age 378 177 0 555

Bodies were received from the following sources:--

Kowloon District
2,280

Harbour Police
95

Elsewhere
97

Number of rats examined
83,863

Number found plague infected...
Nil.

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