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TABLE OF CASES TREATED AT THE GOVERNMENT DISPENSARY, KOWLOON,--Continued.

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Appendix 0.

PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.

DISEASES.

Number of Number of

Patients

1925.

Patients

1924.

REPORT BY GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.

Report on post-mortem examinations.

1925.

1924.

Brought forward,

12,000

Mule bodies examined,

12,224

1,952

2,148

Female bodies examined,

1,614

1,873

Bones only,

Skull only,

1

Female

+

Diseases of the Male Organs of generation,

31

Organs of Locomotion,

18

29

133

137

Total,

3,568

4,022

615

559

Areolar Tissue,

3,049

7,230

Skin,

T

4,458

3,891

due to Disorders of Nutrition,

11

489

334

places,

Injuries, General,

312

538

Claimed bodies sent from hospitals and other

Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned.

Local,

3,197

4,052

Poisons-Chronic Opium,

11

4

3,048

3,142

520

880

Total,

3,568

4,022

Parasites:-

(a) Animal,

1,236

1,736

(b) Vegetable,

561

745

New Growth non-malignant,

11

55

malignant,

Epitome of Causes of Death.

1.--Local Diseases :-

1

Vaccination,

474

571

Physical Examinations,

255

397

(a) of the Nervous System,

55

67

(b)

Circulatory System,

49

43

(c)

Respiratory System,

1.938

2,219

(d)

Digestive System,

162

168

Total,

(e)

26,820

32.508

Genito-Urinary System,

14

17

(f) Of Diseases caused by Infection,

398

718

(g) Diseases due to Disorder of Nutri- tion or of Metabolism,

654

445

(h) Of Conditions affecting Child, result

of Mechanical Causes,

100

104

(i) Of Diseases of the Skin,

1

(}) Of Diseases of the Blood,

1

(k) Of Diseases of the Lymphatics,

(1) Malformations,

3

II.-Deaths from Violence :—

(a) General,

48

51

(b) Local,

40

82

III. General Undiagnosed Conditions,

108

102

Total,

3,568

4,022

232