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Public Mortuary.
Number of bodies deposited, death being due to:—
Natural causes 53
Suicide 8
Street accidents 2
Other accidents 4
67
Number of Post-mortem examinations performed 63
Number of Inquests held 14
In 53 instances no inquest was considered necessary in view
of the post-mortem findings that death was due to natural causes.
The causes of death in these cases were certified as follows:—
Coronary thrombosis 10
„ atheroma 4
„ embolism 1
„ occlusion 5
Aortic incompetence 3
„ stenosis 1
Angina pectoris 1
Myocardial degeneration 6
Ruptured heart 1
Rupture of aneurysm 1
Congenital malformation of heart 3
Chronic bronchitis 3
Acute suppurative bronchitis 1
Asphyxia due to acute bronchitis 1
Lobar pneumonia 1
Acute suppurative pneumonia 1
Cerebral haemorrhage 2
Pontine „ 1
Pulmonary emphysema 3
Carcinoma of oesophagus 2
Collapse of lung due to impaction of diphtheric
membrane in trachea 1
Stillborn 1