THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 3RD MAY, 1890.
4.559
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Svevetary.
Estimated Population,.
174,000 | 178,000 | 182,500 | 187,000|192,000
DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.
REMARKS.
Year,
1885.
1886. 1887.
1888.
1889.
1885.
1886. 1887.
1888.
1889.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
January,
270
314
302
785
309
18.6
21.1
19.9
50.4
19.3
Deaths from causes other
than small-pox and cho-
February,
302
316
289
472
284
20.8
21.2
19.0
30.3
17.8
lernic complaints,
6,014
5,020
5,233 4,548
March,
343
368
351
313
304
23.6
24.8
23.1
20.1
19.0
Deaths from small-pox and
choleraic complaints,
66
265
762
11
April,
318
335
326
311
328
21.9
22.6
21.4
20.0
20.
May,
326
437
397
459
421
22.4
29.9
26.1
29.4
26.3
June,
554
447
518
832
453
38.2
30.1
34.1.
53.5
28.8
July,
728
478
494
596
473
50.2
32.2
82.5
38.2
29.6
August,.
553
508
534
499
413
38.1
34.2
35.1
82.0
25.9
September,
482
470
459
488
379
83.2
31.7
30.2
31.3
23.6
October,
494
525
437
503
427
34.0
35.4
28.7
82.8
26.7
November,
400
532
620
391
441
27.6
35.9
34.1
25.1
27.6
December,
392
350
058
346
827
26.5
23.6
43.3
22.2
20.4
Total,.
5,162 5,080 5,285 5,995
4,559
29.7
28.5
29.0
32.1
28.
Total.
5,080
5,285 5,995
SANITARY BOARD ROOM, HONGKONG, 1st March, 1890.
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