116
Deaths.
1895,
..5,400
1896,
..5,860
1897,
..4,688
1898,
..5,674
1899,
.6,181
1900,
..6,773
1901,
- 7,082
1902,
..6,783
1903,
.6.185
1904,
...6,118
Death-rate per 1,000.
British and Foreign. Chinese.
Total.
1895,
17.64
21.92
21.73
1896,
.19.91
24.75
24.48
1897,
.14.89
19.08
18.85
1898,
..19.15
22.50
22.30
1899,
.15.23
24.40
23.84
1900,
.20.44
26.10
25.78
1901,
.20.50
23.77
23.55
1902,
.19.00
21.93
21.70
1903,
.16.16
19.19
18.19
1904,
..12.48
17.18
16.94
Six hundred and ten certificates were issued by the Police for the removal of dead bodies from the Colony, as against 327 in 1903.
11.
EXHUMATION.
One hundred and sixty-six permits were issued to exhume human remains for removal to China or for re-burial in the Colony.
12.
HOSPITAL DEATHS.
The number of hospital deaths amounted to 1,769 or 28.9 per cent. of the total number of deaths registered during the year.
The number of patients under treatment during the year in the Tung Wa Hospital was 2,667, as compared with 2,457 in 1903. Of these, 1,615 were dis- charged and 1,019 died. The ratio of deaths to every 100 admissions during
year was 44.5.
In 1903 it was 36.20, and in 1902 45.34. The number of out-patients was 63,736. In 1903 it was 72,843.
the
13.
VACCINATION ORDINANCE.
(No. 2 of 1890.)
Tables.
V (A). Return of Vaccinations performed during the year 1904 at the various Hospitals and the Villages.
V (B). Return shewing the Number of Children born during the year who have been vaccinated, and other particulars.
V (C). Return shewing the Number of Children born during 1903 whose vac- cination had been reported by the 31st December, 1904.
V (D). Return shewing the Number of Reminders to vaccinate sent out during the year and the action taken.
The Tung Wa Hospital vaccinators visit the villages of Hongkong and Kow- loon at intervals during the cold season, and the number of children vaccinated compares favourably enough with the number of births registered. The visits of the vaccinators will be extended in future to Shamshuipo and Kowloon City.