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SECTION IX.
SCIENTIFIC.
A.-Bacteriological Institute.
489. The activities of the Institute include:—
(a) the preparation of vaccine lymph.
(b) the preparation of sera.
(c) the preparation of bacterial vaccines.
(d) the preparation of rabies vaccine,
(e) examination of pathological material.
(f) examination of waters, milks, etc., etc.
(g) medical research.
490. The Institute is under the charge of the Government Bac.eriologist who is assisted by the Assistant Bacteriologist and four Laboratory Assistants.
491. Particulars of the work done during the year are con- tained in the Annual Report of the Bacteriologist which is appended.
B. The Public Mortuaries.
492. There are two public mortuaries, one being situated in Victoria and the other in Kowloon.
498. At these places for the reception of the dead are re- ceived:
(a) bodies from the Chinese Hospitals and Chinese Public
Dispensaries for diagnosis.
(b) bodies forwarded by Convents which have received them
either moribund or dead from relatives and friends.
(c) dumped bodies, that is to say, bodies which have been taken from he place of death under cover of the night and dumped in the streets or in the harbour to save the trouble and expense of burial. The great majority of these cases have died a natural death and there is no need for concealment.
(d) bodies sent by the Police for medico-legal examination. (e) bodies sent by the Medical Officer of Health for ex- amination for signs of infectious disease or for simple diagnosis.
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494. In all cases where a diagnosis cannot otherwise be made a sectio cadaveris is performed.
495. All dead rats collected by the Sanitary Authorities are taken to the mortuaries for examination with regard to plague.
496. The Public Mortuary, Victoria, is in charge of the Assistant Bacteriologist, but the Public Mortuary, Kowloon, is under a Medical Officer who has been detailed for this work in addition to his other duties.
497.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, VICTORIA.
Report on Post-mortem Examinations 1932.
Number of examinations performed
Male bodies examined
Female bodies examined
Sex unknown owing to advanced decomposition Claimed bodies sent from hospitals, etc Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned Number of Chinese bodies examined
Number of Non-Chinese bodies examined
2,616 1,223 1,391
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2,510
2,612
498. Bodies were received from the following sources:-
Victoria
Harbour Police
Shaukiwan District
Number of rats examined
Other Villages
Number found plague infected
Male bodies examined
2,492
19
72
33
.92,223
Nil.
499.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON,
Report on Post-mortem Examinations 1932.
Number of examinations performed
3,369
1,899
Female bodies examined
1,464
6
287
3,082 3,360
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Bodies of unknown sex (indistinguishable) Claimed bodies sent from Hospitals, etc Unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned Number of Chinese bodies examined Number of Non-Chinese bodies examined
112
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