528
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH MAY, 1892.
4,559 4,553 5,347
HUGH McCALLUM, Secretary.
182,500 | 187,000 | 192,000 |197,000 |218,800
Table showing the total deaths for each month in the years 1887 to 1891 inclusive and the death-rate for estimated population (army and navy excluded).
Estimated Population,
DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.
REMARKS.
Year,
1887.
1888. 1889. 1890. 1891.
1887.
1888. 1889. 1890. 1891.
1887.
1888. 1889.
1890.
1891.
January,
302
785
309
329
437
19.9
50.4
19.3
20.0
24.3
Deaths from causes
February,
289
472
284
269
500
19.0
30.3
17.8
16.4
27.7
other than small- pox and choleraic complaints,
1
5,020
5,233
4,548
4,552
5,320
March,.
351
313
304
332
396
23.1
20.1
19.0
20.2
21.9
April,
326
311
328
344
332
21.4
20.0
20.5
20.9
18.3
Deaths from small-
pox and choleraic
May,
397
459
421
355
382
26.1
29.4
26.3
21.6
21.1
complaints,
265
762
11
27
June,.
518
832
453
452
427
34.1
53.5
28.3
27:5
23.4
July,
494
596
473
417
587
32.5
38.2
29.6
25.4
32.1
August,
534
499
413
405
563
- 35.1
32.0
25.9
24.7
30.7
September,
459
488
379
441
457
30.2
31.3
23.6
26.9
24.9
October,.
437
503
427
466
433
28.7
32.3
26.7
28.4
23.5
November,
520
391
441
359
417
34.1
25.1
27.6
21.9
22.5
December,
658
346
827
367
416
43.3
22.2
20.4
22.4
22.5
Total,
5,285
5,995 4,559 4,536
- 5,847
29.0
32.1
23.7
23.0
24.4
Total...
5,285
5,995
SANITARY BOARD Room, HONGKONG, 25th January, 1892.