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Appendix O.

PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.

REPORT ON POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.

Male bodies examined 1,582 1,952 Female bodies examined 1,376 1,614 Bones only 1 1 Skull only Total 2,958 3,568 1926. 1925. Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other places 2,511 3,048 Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned 447 520 Total 2,958 3,568

EPITOME OF CAUSES Of Death.

I.-Local Diseases:

(a) Of the Nervous System 18 55 (b) Of the Circulatory System 24 49 (c) Of the Respiratory System 1,595 1,938 (d) Of the Digestive System 271 162 (e) Of the Genito-Urinary System 15 14 (f) Of Diseases caused by Infection 249 398 (g) Diseases due to Disorder of Nutrition or of Metabolism 518 654 (h) Of Conditions affecting Child, result of Mechanical Causes 97 100 (i) Of Diseases of the Skin 1 1 (j) Of the Blood 1 (k) Of the Lymphatics (l) Malformations

II.-Deaths from Violence :

(a) General 61 28 (b) Local 40

III.-General Undiagnosed Conditions

48 81 Total 2,958 3,568

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