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MORTALITY STATISTICS.
These are very fully dealt with in the Medical Officer of Health's report for the year under review. I think it desirable, however, to append to this report the usual tabular statements and diagrams so that the continuity of these may not be broken.
Tabular statements (B) show :--
(a) The death-rate in 1895 for-
1. The British and Foreign community.
2. The Chinese community on land in each registration district.
3. The Chinese community afloat in each registration district.
4. The Chinese community on land in the Colony.
5. The Chinese community afloat in the Colony.
6. The total Chinese community in the Colony.
7. The British, Foreign and Chinese community combined, Army and Navy
excluded.
(b) The number of deaths occurring under each of the seven groups into which it has been deemed expedient-in view of the system of death registration in vogue-to classify the summary of the causes of death.
(c) The total number of deaths occurring amongst the British and Foreign community in each month of each year 1891 to 1895, both inclusive, under six disease groups. These groups are the same as in (b) only 6 and 7 groups are amalgamated.
(d) The same as (c) but for the Chinese community.
(e) The total number of deaths occurring in the Colony--those in the Army and Navy
excluded-in each month for the past seven years, together with the death-rate forTM the estimated population.
The diagrams show:-
(a) The number of deaths which occurred each month under each of the groups referred to
above.
(b) The mean temperature for each month.
(c) The rainfall for each month.
(d) The number of deaths registered during each month of the years 1891 to 1895 as also
the mean temperature and the rainfall.
(e) The number of deaths from all causes for the years 1888 to 1895 both inclusive.
CEMETERIES.
The bye-laws which came into force on the 1st January, 1892, have been steadily enforced, but unfortunately it has not yet been found practicable to lay out the cemeteries in the manner in which it is so desirable it should be done. An extension to the Mount Caroline cemetery is needed.
The following interments have been made during the year in each of the public cemeteries for Chinese, viz. ---
Mount Davis,..
Mount Caroline,... Kau-lung,
Shau-ki-wan,
Aderdeen,
Stanley, Shek-o,
629
.419
.382
.290
.162
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Total,.
...
.1,932 interments.
The fees collected during the year amounted to $1,475.60, and the cost of the staff laying out roads, etc. to $2,324.90.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The bye-laws for the compulsory reporting of infectious diseases made in 1888 were revoked in November, and a new set of bye-laws made in their stead. These new bye-laws, so far as registered medical practitioners are concerned, are very much on the same lines as the law in England which deals with this subject.
LAUNDRIES.
Only four of the public laundries have been let during the year. I anticipate that during the current year they will be all let, mainly owing to the gradual but firm enforcement of the bye-laws regulating public laundries. I made a careful personal inspection of the whole of the laundries in the City in the latter part of the year and found that about two-thirds of them were in such a state that they could be registered. The remaining third will be dealt with as early as practicable.