Table IV. (A.)
RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1896.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
344
GRAND TOTAL.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1897.
Annual Birth-Rate Annual Death-Bate per 1,000.
per 1.000.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Boys.
Girls.
Total. Males. Females. Unknown,
Sex
Total. Boys. Girls.
Total.
Males. Females.
Sex
Unknown.
Total.
Victoria,
108
107
215
158
78
236
450
288
788
2,383 1,825
15
Kanlung,
22
15
37
12
3
15
53
Shaukiwán,
3
B
1
43
**
22
75
446
268
10
139
4,223
953
4,459
724
112
739
42
85
264
135
399
88
100
1
Aberdeen,
31
29
60
123
72
195
60
196
Stanley,.
7
13
20
40
26
66
20
66
TOTAL,
130
125
256
172
8T
258
584
394
978
3,256
2,326
25
5,607
1,233
5,860
DISTRICTS.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
Europeans, exclusive of Portuguese,... 109
Of the Deaths in Victoria, there were in the
Males. Females. Total.
British and Foreign Community,
12,709
20.06
19.91
Portuguese,
47
Tung Wa Hospital,.
1,270
439 1,709
Chine
..226,710
4.31
24.73
Italiau Convent,
93
230
323
Fndians, &c.,
97
Asile de la Ste. Enfance,
448
440
888
Whole Population,
.239,419
5.15
24.48
TOTAL,...
253
TOTAL,...
1,811
1,109 2,920
DEATHS.
BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.