Table IV. (A.)
RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1897.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
334
GRAND TOTAL.
Annual Birth-Rate Annual Death- Rate per 1,000.
per 1,000.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Sex.
Boys.
Girls.
Total. Males. Females.
Total.
Unknown.
Boys.
Girls.
Total. Males. Females.
Sex
Unknown.
Total.
Victoria,
112
102
214
145
46
191
524
334
858
2,048
1,504
6
3,558
1,072
3,749
Kaulung,
18
11
29
11
te
2
13
59
38
97
290
190
486
126
499
Shaukiwán,
46
41
87
135
117
252
87
252
Aberdeen,
:
40
29
69
79
52
131
69
131
Stanley,
:
:
!
E
8
6
14
41
16
57
14
57
TOTAL,....
130
113
243
156
48
204
677
148
1,125
2,593
1,879
12
4,484
1,368
4,688
DISTRICTS.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
Europeans, exclusive of Portuguese,... 99
Of the Deaths in Victoria, there were in the-
Males. Females.
Sex.
Unknown,
Total.
British and Foreign Community,
13,700
17.74
14.89
Portuguese,
48
Tung Wa Hospital,...
1,112
263
1,375
Italian Convent,
104
270
1
375
Chinese,
..235,010
4.79
19.08
Indians, &c.,
57
Asile de la Ste. Enfance,.
218
439
657
Whole Population,
.248,710
5.50
18.85
TOTAL,..
..204
TOTAL,..
1,434
972
2,407
DEATHS.
BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.