General
PART VII
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRY
80. The registration of births and deaths is compulsory under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap. 174). A network of District Registries has been established in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. Besides the General Register Office at Li Po Chun Chambers, 92-97 Connaught Road Central, there are now ten District Registries on Hong Kong Island, four in Kowloon and one at Tsuen Wan. In the New Territories births are, with the exception of those in Tsuen Wan, registered by District Registrars who call at the Rural Committee Offices in the various districts according to a regular programme, and deaths are reported to local police stations. In addition to the above, three mobile teams operate in the New Territories dealing with appli- cations for post-registration of births. Table XXII shows the present organization of the Registry.
Population
81. The Census Commissioner's Report on the 1961 census had not been completed by the end of the year, but preliminary figures issued on 12th October 1961 disclosed that the population of the Colony on the Census date, namely 7th March 1961, was 3,133,131 comprising 1,610,650 males and 1,522,481 females, and including 3,483 persons classified as transients. This population was distributed as follows:
Hong Kong Island
1,005,041
Kowloon
726,976
New Kowloon
852,849
1,579,825
Colony waters (adjacent to the foregoing)
91,861
2,676,727
New Territories other than New Kowloon
Tsuen Wan District
84,823
Yuen Long District
133,802
Tai Po District
136,962
Sai Kung District
15,389
Islands District
38.969
409,945
New Territories waters...
46,459
3,133,131
82. The revised estimated population on 1st July 1961 was 3,184,300, made up of 1,636,300 males and 1,548,000 females, of the age groups
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