DISTRICTS.
CHINESE.
RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE 1st QUARTER OF 1897, ENDING 31st MARCH.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY,
GRAND TOTAL.
10
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
775
278
819
187
30
139
52
31
52
82
26
32
13
3
13
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15т! JANUARY, 1898,
1,009
388
1,055
Annual Birth-Rate Annual Death-tate
per 1,000
per 1.000
for the Quarter for the Quarter,
BIRTIES.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Males. : Females.
Sex
Unknown.
Sex
Total.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Males. Females. Unknown.
Total.
Victoria,
Kaulung,
29
20
49
68
44
128
101
229
446
328
4
4
8
21
18
42
83
52
10
Shaukiwán,
22
Aberdeen,
16
10
82
81
80
22
26
21
Stanley,.
21
:
:
83
21
40
DEATHS IN Penuic INSTITUTIONS.
45
178
153
331
590
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General.
Europeans, exclusive of Portuguese, 27
Of the Deaths in Victoria, there were in the--
Males. Females. Total.
British and Foreign Community, inclusive of Naval and Military,
18,700
16.64
13.43
Portuguese,
Tung Wa Hospital,,
223
68
281
Italian Convent,
10
49
59
Chinese,
Indians, &c.,
14
Asile de la Ste. Enfance,
48
83
སྶ
131
Whole Population,
235,010
5.63
17.17
248,710
6.24
16.96
TOTAL,
46
TOTAL,
281
190
471
TOTAL,..
DEATHS.
BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 31st March, 1897.