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Annexe P.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY H. E. MURRAY, CAPTAIN, I.M.S., Medical Officer in charge.
1. The total number of post-mortem examinations made during the year was 1,481 as compared with 1,486 last year and 1,696 in 1918.
2. During the year there were 2 cases of plague and 13 of small-pox, as compared with 26 and 1 last year, and 7 and 11 in 1918.
3. The nationalities of the bodies examined were:
Chinese 1,470 English 3 Japanese 3 Filipino 1 Unknown 3 Apparently Chinese 1 Total 1,481During the year 29,023 rats were examined and none of them were found to be plague infected, as compared with 27,913 and 10 in 1919.
Mus Plague Mus Plague Muscu- Plague Decen- Rattus, infected. lus. infected. Baby Rats. manus. infected. Shrew. 4,124 3,915 4,264 16,396 321Epitome of the Causes of Death.
1920. 1919. I. General Disease, 520 522 II. Local Disease :- (a) Nervous System, 25 9 (b) Circulatory System, 25 11 (c) Respiratory System, 554 492 (d) Digestive System, 119 144 (e) Genito-Urinary System, 14 8 (f) Osseous System, 2 III. Injuries: (a) General, 34 61 (b) Local, 38 29 IV. Decomposed Bodies, 152 207 V. Skeleton, 1 1,481 1,486- M 77
Annexe P.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.
REPORT BY H. E. MURRAY, CAPTAIN, I.M.S., Medical Officer in charge.
1. The total number of post-mortem examinations made during the year was 1,481 as compared with 1,486 last year and 1,696 in 1918. 2. During the year there were 2 cases of plague and 13 of small- pox, as compared with 26 and 1 last year, and 7 and 11 in 1918.
3. The nationalities of the bodies examined were:
* Chinese, English,
Japanese,
Filipino
Unknown,
Apparently Chinese
Total
1,470 3
3
1
3
1
1,481
r
During the year 29,023 rats were examined and none of them were found to be plague infected, as compared with 27,913 and 10 in 1919.
Mus Plague Mus Plague Mus Plague
Deen-
manus.
infected. Rattus, infected. Muscu- infected.
lus.
Baby Rats.
Shrew.
4,124
3,915
4,264
Epitome of the Causes of Death.
16,396
321
1920. 1919.
I. General Disease,
520
522-
II. Local Disease :-
(a) Nervous System,
25
9
(b) Circulatory System,
25
11
Respiratory Systein,
554
492
(d) Digestive System,
119
144
(e) Genito-Urinary System,
14
8
Osseous System,
2
III. Injuries:
(a) General,
34
61
(b) Local,
38
29
IV. Decomposed Bodies,.
+
152
207
V. Skeleton,
1
1,481 1,486
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