# M 79
Annexe O.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY DR. J. T. SMALLEY, Medical Officer in Charge.
1. The total number of Post-mortem Examinations made during the year were 1,503 as compared with 1,278 last year and 980 in 1915.
2. During the year there were 5 cases of plague and 173 of small-pox as compared with 14 and 77 last year and 87 in 1915.
3. The nationalities of the bodies examined were :-
Chinese, 1,501 Indian, 1 Japanese......... 1 Total.... 1,503Epitome of the Causes of Death.
1917 1916 I.-General Diseases. 537 461 II.-Local Diseases: - (a) Nervous System. 7 10 (b) Circulatory 1 ... (c) Respiratory 9 424 (d) Digestive 267 167 (e) Genito-Urinary System, 23 17 III.-Injuries :- (a) General, 27 22 (b) Local,... 18 23 IV.--Decomposed Bodies, 191 197 1,503 1,278i
M 79
Annexe O.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY DR. J. T. SMALLEY, Medical Officer in Charge.
1. The total number of Post-mortem Examinations made during the year were 1,503 as compared with 1,278 last year and 980 in 1915.
2. During the year there were 5 cases of plague and 173 of small-pox as compared with 14 and 77 last year and 87 in 1915.
3. The nationalities of the bodies examined were :-
Chinese,
Indian,
Japanese.........
1,501
1
1
Total....
...
1,503
Epitome of the Causes of Death.
1-General Diseases.
1917. 1916.
...
537
461
IL-Local Diseases: -
(a) Nervous System.
(b) Circulatory
(c) Respiratory
7
1
9
10
424
380
(7) Digestive
267
167
**
(e) Genito-Urinary System,
23
17
III.-Injuries :-
(u) General,
:
(b) Local,...
IV.--Decomposed Bodies,
:
27
22
18
23
191
197
4
1,503 1,278
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