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Relative Mortality in the Different Seasons, 1904. Population -Non-Chinese 18,900; Chinese 342,306.
Months.
Non- Chinese
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000.
Chinese
Rate
Total
Deaths.
per 1,000
Deaths.
Total Deaths excluding Plague and Small-pox.
January,
12
328
340
340
February,
17
9.9
315
12.21
332
327
March,..
18
402
420
405
April,
16
451
467
415
May,
18
11.8
619
19.06
637
499
June,
22
561
583
407
July,
30
646
676
571
August,
23
15.0
630
20.99
653
630
September,
18
521
539
529
October,
19
476
495
495
November,
22
13.1
483
16.46
505
501
December,
21
450
471
466
Total,
236
5,882
6,118
5,585
GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION OF THE COLONY.
Marked improvement may be noted as evidenced by the diminution in the death-rate for the past three years as shown by the following figures, by the milder ontbreak of plague last year, and by the diminished incidence of malarial fever:-
Death-rate per 1,000.
Chinese, Non-Chinese,
1902
1903
1904
..21.93
19.00
19.1 17.18
16.6
12.48
The steady enforcement throughout the year of the overcrowding and cubicle sections of the Public Health Ordinance must have had a beneficial effect.
During the past year the Government has resumed at a cost of $200,000 an insanitary block of 38 houses in one of the most overcrowded parts of the City, this lot is bounded on the North by Gough Street, on the East by Aberdeen Street, on the South by Kau U Fong and on the West by On Wo Lane.
The following have been erected and opened during 1904 :-
(1.) A Public bath-house at Pound Lane with accommodation for 28 males
and 10 females.
(2.) A Public latrine in the Eastern portion of the City; and
(3.) Three Public latrines in the City.
VACCINATIONS.
The following vaccinations were performed during the year :-
Government Civil Hospital,
Victoria Gaol,
Alice Memorial Hospital,
Tung Wah:--
Victoria,
Aberdeen,
Stanley, Shaukiwan, Kowloon,
639 2,578
277
1,811
15
17
46
86
5,469