539286-1905-Reports-of-the-Medical-Officer-of-Health-the-Sanitary-Surveyor-and-the-Colonial-Veterinary-Surgeon-for-1904 — Page 17

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1905.

Third Class Inspectors.

245

D. O'KIEFFE.

J. R. LEE.

J. A. BULLIN.

H. PEARSON.

S. KELLY.

F. WARD.

*C. W. COYSH.

C. E. FRITH.

C. W. WARD.

R. HUDSON.

F. O. AMY.

The Secretary of the

SANITARY BOARD.

Overseer of Cemeteries.

H. J. WHITE.

I have, &c.,

FRANCIS CLARK, M.D., D.P.H.,

Medical Officer of Health.

Appendix A.

SIR, I have the honour to forward my Report on the Public Mortuary, Kowloon, for the year 1904. The total number of post-mortems made during that period=675.

These were divided up as follows:-

January, February, 21 March,

28

April, = 66 May, -102

July,

79

October,

79

August,

61

November, = 40

40

June, 57

September, = 45

December, 57

The following is the return of causes of death :---

2. Total Local Diseases,.

b. of Respiratory System,

e. of Digestive System,

1. Total General Diseases,

a. of Circulatory System,.

..271

...209

32

..156

11

d. of Urinary System,

8

e. of Generative System,

3

3. Total Injuries,

31

4. Decomposed Bodies,....

.164

1. General Diseases.

Small-pox,

Plague.--Bubonic (Femoral 84; Axillary 6),..............90

Septic,

Pneumonic,

Enteric Fever,...

Beri-Beri,..

Malaria,

+

Septicemia,

Acute General Tuberculosis,

Premature Birth,..

Still Birth,

Marasmus,

Leprosy,

Mediastinal Abscess,

Abscess of Thigh,

6

27

1

1

..52

.32

1

5

2

8

.42 1

* These officers have the Inspector's Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute.