Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong.

  • Hong Kong. Medical Department
Date:
[1950]
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Credit: Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNEXURE N. A Summary of the Work Done at the Kowloon and Hong Kong Public Mortuaries. 1949. Total number of Post-mortem Examinations performed during the year . 3,945 No. of male bodies examined .,. 2,079 No. of female bodies examined . 1,848 Sex unknown owing to decomposition . 18 No. of claimed bodies sent from hospital, etc. 634 No. of unclaimed bodies mostly abandoned . 3,311 No. of bodies cremated . 757 No. of Chinese bodies examined . 3,919 No. of Non-Chinese bodies examined . 26 No. of bodies nationality unknown . 8 No. of medico-legal cases . 391 Male. Female. Total. No. of bodies under 2 years of age ... 1,262 1,471 2,733 No. of bodies over 2 years of age . 817 377 1,194 No. of bodies received from the following sources: — (Hong Kong) Victoria District . 607 Shaukiwan „ 140 From hospitals . 254 Infant convent . 72 Total . 1,073 District, Police Station, & Hospitals Marine Police Station ... 94 “T” Land „ „ 32 Yaumati „ „ 124 Mongkok „ „ 100 Shumshuipo „ 450 Tsun Wan „ „ 16 Castle Peak „ 7 Ping Shan „ „ 20 Hung Horn „ „ 108