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typhoid vaccines; the preparation of anti-meningococcus serum, and of the vaccine to prevent abortion in cows. The making of anti-rabic vaccine is also undertaken, and thirty-one persons were treated after having been bitten by dogs, although not all of the dogs were rabid. The examination of rat corpses to detect whether any of them were suffering from plague resulted in 73,245 dead rats being inspected but only two of these were found to be infected with plague.
IX. THE PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
In Victoria.—3,973 post-mortem examinations were performed, and the results are given in detail in the appendix to this report. One of the points of interest is the comparison between the number of persons who are said to have died from tuberculosis of the lungs (195) and the number of those entered as having died from tuberculosis of the abdominal organs and other tissues (73). In recent years it has been suggested that tuberculosis, in children, at any rate, generally enters the body by way of the respiratory system, and that it is not common to find it affecting the organs in the abdomen, as a primary infection. Assuming this to be accurate so far as children are concerned it does not appear to hold good for all ages.
Another item of interest is the small number of cases which are reported to have died from dysentery. Only eight deaths are ascribed to this cause for the year and nine for the year before. Although the precise kind of dysentery has not been indicated it is fairly certain that the amoebic form was that responsible for the great majority. But even so eight cases of dysentery in all but 4,000 deaths, is less than one would suppose, and it is a question which deserves further attention, not only as to the prevalence of dysentery, but the forms which occur here. Malignant growths are comparatively rarely seen. In 1921 seven are reported in 3,471 examinations and one case is reported among the 3,973 examinations in 1922. There is no reference to animal parasites as the cause of death, for neither the hookworm nor the bilharzia family appear to have been observed. The deaths stated to be due to enteric fevers also seem to be few. The work of the public mortuary in Victoria has always been a part of the duty of the Bacteriologist, but on account of shortage of staff it was necessary this year to depute a medical officer for this duty.
The Public Mortuary in Kowloon:
Male bodies examined, 1,277 Female bodies examined, 779 Bodies of unknown sex, 11 ... 2,067M (1) 30
typhoid vaccines; the preparation of anti-meningococcus serum, and of the vaccine to prevent abortion in cows. The making of anti-rabic vaccine is also undertaken, and thirty-one persons were treated after having been bitten by dogs, although not all of the dogs were rabid. The examination of rat corpses to detect whether any of them were suffering from plague resulted in 73,245 dead rats being inspected but only two of these were found to be infected with plague.
IX. THE PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
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In Victoria.-3,973 post-mortem examinations were formed, and the results are given in detail in the appendix to this report. One of the points of interest is the comparison between the number of persons who are said to have died from tuberculosis of the lungs (195) and the number of those entered as having died from tuberculosis of the abdominal organs and other tissues (73). In recent years it has been suggested that tuberculosis, in children, at any rate, generally enters the body by way of the respiratory system, and that it is not common to find it affecting the organs in the abdomen, as a primary infection. Assuming this to be accurate so far as children are concerned it does not appear to hold good for all ages.
Another item of interest is the small number of cases which are reported to have died from dysentery. Only eight deaths are ascribed to this cause for the year and nine for the year before. Although the precise kind of dysentery has not been indicated it is fairly certain that the amoebic form was that responsible for the great majority. But even so eight cases of dysentery in all but 4,000 deaths, is less than one would suppose, and it is a question which deserves further attention, not only as to the prevalence of dysentery, but the forms which occur here. Malignant growths are comparatively rarely seen. In 1921 seven are reported in 3,471 examinations and one case is reported among the 3,973 examinations in 1922. There is no reference to animal parasites as the cause of death, for neither the hookworm nor the bilharzia family appear to have been observed. The deaths stated to be due to enteric fevers also seem to be few. The work of the public mortuary in Victoria has always been a part of the duty of the Bacteriologist, but on account of shortage of staff it was necessary this year to depute a medical officer for this duty.
The Pubile Mortuary in Kowloon :-
Male bodies examined,
Female bodies examined,
1,277
779
Bodies of unknown sex,
11
...
2,067
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