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Report of the death of Inspector MicHardy.

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RECY Rea't 25 JAN 15

David McHardy, aged 43, Inspector, Hongkong Police, was

admitted into the Government Civil Hospital at 4.40 p.m. on the

3rd of December, 1914.

On admission his condition was very serious. The lungs were emphysematous, the heart's action feeble, and the heart itself dilated. The kidneys were diseased the urine contained

blood and albumin, and there was cellulitis of the left side of

forenead and face. The breathing was laboured.

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His condition steadily became worse on the 4th towards evening the temperature rose to 100.8° F. The action of the heart

became more embarrassed, and his respirations accelerated and

startorous, and he became unconscious, and died at 4.10 am. on

the 5th, about 36 hours after admission.

The cause of death was Nephritis.

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W. V. H. Koch

Superintendent,

Government Civil Hospital.

8th December, 1914.