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1.-General:-

Burning,

481

INJURIES.

Multiple Injuries,

2

12

Suffocation:-

(a.) From Submersion,

11

(b.) From Gaseous Poisons.

4

(c.) From Strangulation,

5

Privation,

22

Total,......

45

II.-Local:-

Of the Head:

Fracture of Vault of Skull,

10

Fracture of Base of Skull,

14

Gunshot Wound of Skull,

3

Total,.............

27

Of the Neck:-

Cut Throat,

Dislocation of Neck,

2

1

Total,....

Of the Chest

Fracture of Sternum,

Bullet Wound through Heart,.......

Wound of the Lung,..

1

1

Total,...........

3

Of the Abdomen :-

Rupture of Spleen,

Rupture of Liver,

Stab Wound of Liver..

Puncture Wound of Intestine,

Rupture of liver and Spleen,

Rupture of Uterus,

Gunshot Wound of Abdomen, Fracture of the Pelvis,

6

5

1

1

1

1

1

Total,....

17

NATIONALITY OF BODIES BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC

MORTUARY, DURING 1904.

Chinese,

European,

Indian,

Portuguese, Japanese, Eurasian,

J

..1,525

13

NNK

Total,

...1,551