GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 682.
RECO 9341 & REGR 463 JAN 00
The following Return of the Death Rates for the Colony of Hongkong for the last 20 years is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th December, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
THE DEATH RATES FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
1879, 33.14 Including Plague. 30.37 1880, 28.71 Excluding Plague 19.85 1881, 24.07 1882, 26.11 1887, 31.79 Excluding Plague 21.89 1883, 30.04 1888, 27.16 21.74 1884, 26.91 1889, 28.59 1894, 24.25 Excluding Plague 19.79 1885, 32.36 1890, 31.72 1895, 19.13 19.05 1886, Average 1891, 23.64 1896, 22.71 1897, 17.98 1892, 23.19 1893, 23.80All the above death rates exclude the Military and Naval populations and deaths.
Hongkong, December, 1899
FRANCIS W. CL...
Medical Officer of ...