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Appendix D.
PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
A complete description has been given in previous Reports of the two public mortuaries in Victoria (Hong Kong Island) and in Kowloon on the mainland; consequently, on this occasion information will be restricted to the actual work performed. Although these mortuaries serve as a valuable index of the gross mortality prevailing in the Colony at any given period, their staffing is so inadequate that little accuracy can be claimed for the actual cause of death—a matter of real regret, since Health policy must obviously be based, to some extent at any rate, on the causes of death amongst the population.
The following table affords some idea of the magnitude of the work encountered at the two public mortuaries. In all but sixty-seven cases the bodies were of Chinese.
Table LXXXI.
Victoria Kowloon Total Post-mortems performed—Male 2,207 2,602 4,809 Female 1,836 2,016 3,852 Undefined 8 12 20 Total 4,051 4,630 8,681 Age and sex of deceased under two years—Male 1,392 1,682 3,074 Female 1,528 1,579 3,107 Undefined 4 12 16 Over two years—Male 815 920 1,735 Female 308 437 745 Undefined 4 4 Area from which bodies were received—Victoria 3,481 Shaukiwan 484 Other parts of Island 86 Kowloon 4,158 Harbour 380 Other parts of mainland 92 Claimed bodies sent from hospitals, etc. 224 162 386 Unclaimed bodies, mostly abandoned 2,143 4,468 6,611 Bodies of infants sent from Italian Convent 1,684 1,684Further details giving the cause of death as nearly as it could be ascertained are given in Table LXXXII.
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Appendix D.
PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
A complete description has been given in previous Reports of the two pubac montuaries in Victoria (Hong Kong Island) and in Kowloon on the main and; consequently, on this occasion information will be restricted to the actual work performed. Although these mortuaries serve as a valuable index of the gross mortality prevailing in the Colony at any given period, their staffing is so inadequate that little accuracy can be caimed for the actual cause of death-a matter of real regret, since Health policy must obviously be based, to some extent at any rate, on the causes of death amongst the population.
The following table affords some idea of the magnitude of the work encountered at the two public mortuaries. In all but sixty-seven cases the bodies were of Chinese.
Table LXXXI.
Victoria.
Kowloon.
Total.
Post-mortems performed-
Make
2,207
2,602
4,809
Female
1,836
2,016
3,852
·
Undefined
8
12
20
Total
4,051
4,630
8,681
Age and sex of deceased under
two years—
Male
1,392
1,682
3,074
Female
1,528
1,579
3,107
Undefined
4
12
16
Over two years—
Male
815
920
Female
308
437
1,735 745
Undefined
4
Area from which bodies were
received-
Victoria
3,481
Shaukiwan
484
Other parts of Island
86
Kowloon
4,158
Harbour
380
Other parts of mainland
92
Claimed bodies sent from hosp-
itals, etc.
224
162
386
Unclaimed bodies, mostly
abandoned
2,143
4,468
6,611
Bodies of infants sent from
Italian Convent
1,684
1,684
Further details giving the cause of death as nearly as it could be ascertained are given in Table LXXXII.
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