AnnualReport-1910 — Page 279

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PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.

REPORT BY DR. W W PEARSE, Medical Officer in Charge.

The total number of Post Mortem Examinations made during 1910 was 836 as compared with 898 during 1909.

The causes of death may be classified as follow:--

1910. 1909.

General Diseases,--Cont. 1910. 1909.

General Diseases,

338 351

Diseases of the Nervous

Brought forward,

104 121

System, -

1 0

General Tuberculosis,

12 16

Diseases of the Circulatory

Marasmus,

58 63

System,

7 25

Prematurity.

18 18

Diseases of the Respiratory

Still-births,

39 38

System, -

336 399

Senile Decay,

10 2

Diseases of the Digestive

Debility at Birth,

4 0

4 4

System,

94 72

Decomposed Bodies.

105 103

Diseases of the Urinary

System,

3 6

338 351

Diseases of the Hæmopoetic

System, -

0 2

Local Diseases.

Diseases of the Reproductive

System, -

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Circulatory System.

1910. 1909.

Acute Pericarditis,

Diseases due of Intestinal

Parasites,

Diseases of the Organs of

Locomotion,

Developmental Diseases.-

New Growth,

Injuries, General,

Injuries, Local,

General Diseases.

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Septic Pericarditis,

Valvular Disease of Heart.

T Mortis Aneurysm,

1 2

Anæmia,

1 1

Endocarditis,

24 24

Fatty Degeneration of Heart.

8 13

836 898

Intra-pericardial Hæmorrhage,

1 0

1 2

6 7

25

1910 1909.

Digestive System.

1910. 1909.

Plague,

3 31

Abscess of Liver (Amæbic),

0 1

Small-pox,

1 2

Hepatitis,

1

Enteric Fever,

4 3

Catarrhal Jaundice,

1

Diphtheria,

1

Icterus Neonatorum,

2

Puerperal Fever,

0 1

Cirrhosis of Liver,

7

Septicæmia,

3 8

Peritonitis,

5

Sapræmia,

1

Septic Peritonitis,

11 2

Leprosy,

0 1

Tubercular Peritonitis,

4 1

Beri-beri,

49 33

Tabes Mesenterica,

1 0

Dysentery,

7 10

Noma,

0 1

Malaria,

35 25

Gastritis,

0 1

Syphilis,

1 4

Intestinal Obstruction,

2 1

Carried forward,-

104 121

Carried forward,

31 33