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G1. The Plague Hospitals in the Eastern and Western Districts and at Kowloon City report that no cases of any kind were admitted, whether plague or ordinary cases.
The Dispensaries Committee are again indebted to the authori- ties of the Alice Memorial Hospital for assistance in the matter of the issue of medicines and drugs, and the regulations of the consumption.
65. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 685 as compared with 604. in 1919. The monthly figures varied from 56 in June to 48 in August. The percentage of these "dumpings." to the total number of Chinese deaths was 563, (Table XIX),
Of the 85 bodies abandoned 17 were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
66. Table XVIII compiled from statistics. in the Sanitary Department shows the number of leath certificates issued in propor- tion to the total number of Chinese deaths, and the number of cases in which post-mortem examination, were held.
67. The percentage of cases in which death was certified was
41 as compared with 48 in 1910.
The Maternity Hospital at Wauchai has clealt with 477 cases as against 194 in 1919.
The Committee wish to record their appreciation of the invalu- able assistance again given by Mrs. Hickling in this connection. To general advice and direction, Mrs. Hickling has added close personal supervision; and besides being available at emergencies Las taken tours of duty during temporary shortages in the staff.
CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY.
(Table XXI)
68. The balance increased from $10,282 in 1919 to $10,344. In 1918 the figure was $1,449.
69. TRANSLATION WORK DONE IN THE SECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS DURING THE YEAR 1920.
Translation From Chinese
Translation from English
into English.
into Chinese.
Petitions,
207
Ordinances,
0.
Letters,
118
Regulations,
60
Newspaper articles and
Government notices,
1:40
30
items of newa, .............
Minutes,
Unspecified,.
220
Unspecified,
28
Total,
............ 581
Totul,
239
Grand total..........
.*23
+
The total number of translations done by the Translator was thus 823 as against 715 in 1910, 617 in 1918, and 607 in 1917.
70. In addition, a large number of translations made in other Government Departments are sent to this office for revision. Much translation work is done by members of the staff other than the translator, but of this no record is kept.
CHINESE RECREATION GROUND. (Table - XXII:)
71. The income from the stalls has decreased slightly, $3,223
as against $3,512 in 1919, and the balance has decreased from $13,164 to $4,479, due to the subscription $10,000 towards the cost of the construction of the Western Maternity Hospital,
PASSAGE MONEY FUND. (Table XXII()
72. The net income of the Fund was $477 and the total expenditure $916 compared with $345 and $679 last
year. NEW ORDINANCES,
73. The following Ordinances passed during the year has special reference to the Chinese:—
No. 8 of 1920: this repeals.the Societies Ordinance No. 47. of 1911, which was found to be curulæous and of very little use for the effective control of disorder by guilds and societies. It abolishes the registration system, and instead gives full discretion to the Governor in Council to declare any society unlawful which is used, or may be used for unlawful purposes, or purposes incompatible with peace and good order, or för promoting crime or disorder in China. It further gives the powers necessary for detection and suppression of sach societies.
No. 12 of 1920: this further amends No. of 1897 by the throwing upon defendants accused of harbouring girls auder 21 the onus of proving their right to harbour such girls.
No. 13 of 1920: this is complementary to No. 8 of 1920, and aims at restraining acts of intimidation such as are commonly used by disorderly and filegal societies, especially threats of violence.
GENERAL.
74. Under the terms of the Deportation Ordinance (No. 25 of 1917) reports were furnished on 274 suspects arrested by the Police under warrants of detention. Of these suspects 52 were released and 222 banished. The number of reports Furnished in 1919 was 366.
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