206
Table VI b.
Number of Births and Deaths registered at the various registration offices in the Colony during the year 1907.
Registration Office.
Registrar General's Office,
No. 2 Police Station,
No. 7 Police Station,
Shaukiwan,..
Aberdeen,
Stanley,..
Yaumati,.
Kowloon City,
Shamshuipo,..
Total,.......
Births.
Deaths.
TOTAL.
797
5,115
5,912
117
138
255
157
70
227
50
356
406
39
191
233
]]
27
38
53
872
925
102
222
324
94
292
386
*1,420
7.286
8,706
* Including 4 births registered after the expiration of 12 months.
Table VI c.
CHINESE BIRTH RATE,
1
2
3
4
5
7
9
Number of females over 15.
Births registered.
Probable No. of births.
Year.
In the Colony.
·
In Victoria.
In the Colony,
In Victoria,
In the Colony.
Families Percentage
in
of Victoria. 8 to 3.
In Victoria.
1891
40,500 26,800
1,529
1,255
1,529
1,255
14,100
52
1897
46,200 31,400
1,125
$58
1,744
1,470
21,700
69
1901
51,500 32,900
848
663
1,944
1,541
25,100
76
1906
59,400 35,200
801
641
2,243
1,648
26,000
7+
Note. Columns 6 and 7. Exclusive of births of newly born infants who were taken to the Convents
or abandoned.
Columns 2, 4 and 6. Exclusive of the New Territories (including New Kowloon).