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IL-THE PUBLIC MORTUARY.

Staff.

The Chinese Staff at the Mortuary have given satisfaction.

The four members of the Staff have been free from any serious disease resulting from the nature of their work, but all have been in Hospital with Malaria. The Mortuary is situated at the outskirts of the Town near a large untrained nullah which is the cause of the Malaria.

Buildings.

The buildings have been maintained in good repair.

Report on Post Mortems.

1907.

1906.

Male bodies examined,..

993

1,259

Female

749

837

Sex undetermined,

44

Total,

1,751

2,140

Claimed bodies sent from Hospitals, houses, matsheds, convents,

harbour, etc......

Unclaimed bodies mostly dumped in the streets,.

963

788

1,751

Table I.- Epitome of Causes of Death,

1. Total General Diseases,

914

II. Local Diseases :-

(a.) Of the Nervous System,

7

(b.)

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Circulatory System,

?

24

(c.)

Respiratory System,

348

(d.)

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Digestive System,

68

(e.)

Genito-Urinary System,

10

457

III. Deaths from Violence,

113

IV. Decomposed Bodies,

267

Total,

1,751

Table I (a).-General Diseases.

Small-pox,

184

Plague,

69

Typhoid Fever,

3

Cholera (imported on a ship),

9

Diphtheria,.

16

Beri-beri,..

83

Malaria,

44

Septicemia,...

31

l'ernicious Anaemia..

1

Syphilis.

2

Generalised Tuberculosis,

61

Prematurity,

58

Atelectasis Pulmonum,

29

Still-birth,.

70

Marasmic conditions,

238

Cellulitis,

Pyæinia,

2

Convulsions,

Tetanus,

1

1

Banti's Disease,

1

Measles,.

1

Abscess,

1

Acute Necrosis of Bone,

1

914