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Appendix 0.

PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.

REPORT ON POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.

Male bodies examined

Female bodies examined

Bones only

Skull only

1926.

1925.

1,582

1,952

1,376

1,614

Total

2,958

3,568

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)

11

Circulatory System

24

49

(c)

11

Respiratory System

1,595

1,938

(d)

Digestive System

271

162

(e)

Genito-Urinary System

15

14

(Of Diseases caused by Infection

249

398

(g) Diseases due to Disorder of Nutri-

tion or of Metabolism

518

654

(h) Of Conditions affecting Child, result

of Mechanical Causes

97

100

(1) Of Diseases of the Skin

1

1

(j)

Blood

(k)

Lymphatics

(1) Malformations

II.-Deaths from Violence :-

(a) General

(b) Local

III.-General Undiagnosed Conditions

Total

61

48

28

40

81

108

2,958

3,568

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