BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
966
302
1,017
181
28
187
97
24
85
97
29
17
29
28
28
RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHIS REGISTERED DURING THE 4TH QUARTER OF 1897, ENDING 31st DECEMBER.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
GRAND TOTAL.
51
146
93
239
574
390
10
11
21
114
67
16
00
24
59
38
7
10
17
17
12
3
Co
2
20
20
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BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Sex.
Boys.
Girls. Total. Males. Females. Unknown.
Total. Boys.
Girls.
Total. Males. Females.
Sex
Unknown.
Total.
N
Victoria,
29
2909
34
63
35
16
DISTRICTS.
Kaulung,.
Shaukiwán,
Aberdeen,
Stanley,
10
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15тп JANUARY, 1898.
376
1,358
Annual Birth-Rate Annual Death-Rate
per 1,000
per 1,000
for the Quarter. for the Quarter.
57
182
124
306
784
515
2
1,301
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
34
36
70
40
17
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
13,700
20.04
16.64
235,010
5.20
22.14
248,710
6.04
21.84
J. II. STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General.
Europeans, exclusive of Portuguese,... 30
Of the Deaths in Victoria, there were in the--
Males. Females.
Sex.
Total.
Unknown.
British and Foreign Community, in- clusive of Naval and Military,...
Portuguese,
11
Tung Wa Hospital,..........
327
76
403
Italian Couvent,
39
73
1
113
Chinese,
Indians, &c.,
16
Asile de la Ste. Enfance,.
54
99
153
Whole Population,
TOTAL,
57
TOTAL,.
420
248
669
TOTAL,..
DEATHS.
BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY,
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 31st December, 1897.
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