AnnualReport-1923 — Page 436

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Annexe O.

PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.

REPORT BY GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.

Report on post-mortem examinations.

1923.

1922.

Male bodies examined,

2,545

2,092

Female bodies examined,...

...

2,291

1,880

Bones only,

1

Skull only,

1

Total,

4,837

3,973

Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other places,

3,583

3,365

Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned,

1254

608

...

Total,

4,837

3,973

Epitome of Causes of Death.

I.-Local Diseases :-

(a) of the Nervous System,

(b)

Circulatory System,

(c)

27

Respiratory Systein,

(d)

Digestive System,

(e)

Genito-Urinary System,..

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Of Diseases caused by Infection

Diseases due to Disorder of Nutrition

or of Metabolism

(h) Of Conditions affecting Child, result

of Mechanical Causes

(i) Of Diseases of the Skin,

j) Of Diseases of the Blood,

k) Of Diseases of the Lymphatics, (7) Malformations

II.--Deaths from Violence :--

...

(a) General,

(b) Local,

III.-General Undiagnosed Conditions,

Total,

62

21

50

87

2,168

2,398

238

211

18

18

1,189

535

735

334

133

179

1

1

...

3

...

...

I

1

3

63

28

62

62

49

117

77

4,837 3,973