200
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
other than small-
February,
289
472
284
269
500
19.0
30.3
17.8
16.4
27.7
pox and choleraic
complaints,
5,020
5,233 4,548
4,552
5,320
March,..
351
313
801
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-
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pox and choleraic
May,
397
459
421
355
382
26.1
29.4
26.3
21.6
21.1
complaints,
265
762
1
27
June,
518
832
453
452
427
34.1
53.5
28.3
27.5
23.4
July,
491
596
473
417
587
82.5
38.2
29.6
25.4
32.1
Angust,
534
499
413
405
563
.35.1
82.0
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
327
367
416
43.3
22.2
20.4
22.4
22.5
Total,.
5,285
5,995 4,559 4,536
5,347 29.0
32.1
23.7
23.0
24.4
Total,.... 5,285
5,995
4,559 4,553 6,347
HUGH MỤCALLUM, Secretary.
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SANITARY BOARD ROOM, HONGKONG, 25th January, 1892.