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(2) (b) General Exhumations at the public expense were completed at the following cemeteries :-
Kai Lung Wan West
Kai Lung Wan East
Mount Caroline..
(3) Cremations:—
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2,862
992
408
8,322
10 bodies were cremated at the Japanese Crematorium
and 19 at the Sikh Temple.
(4) Mortuaries :—
183 bodies were awaiting burial at the Tung Wab
Hospital Mortuary in 1926.
(5) Removals :—
308 bodies Were removed from the Colony before
burial.
(6) Interments :--
The following table shows the number of interments
at the various cemeteries during the year 1926:-
Colonial
Public.
Mount Caroline
Aberdeen
Private.
938
51 Roman Catholic, Happy
Valley
123
Chai Wan
279 Mohammedan, Happy
Christian
3 Valley
53
Stanley
12 Jewish, Happy Valley.....
B
220 Parsee,
1
Shek O
4 Malay,
Kai Lung Wan East
.1,124 Chinese Roman Catholic 1,295
Sai Yu Shek
Ho Man Tin
172 Tung Wah Hospital .4.158 .3,902 Chinese Permanent
102
4 Chinese Protestant
57
Chinese Christian, Kowloon 42 Eurasian
6
Chiu Chow Community
18
6,709
5,858
Tai Shek Ku
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17. BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION.
The General Registration Office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896, as amended by Ordinance No. 26 of 1923, for registration of both births and deaths is situated at the Sanitary Department Head Office.
At this office all non-Chinese births and deaths must be registered. Chinese are required to register in the district within which the birth or death occurred. A list of such district registries for births and deaths respectively is appended. Yaumati, Nos. 2 and 7 Police Stations are available for registra tion of deaths on Sundays and Public Holidays only, when the General Registration office is closed. The Head of the Sanitary Department is ex officio Registrar and has appointed the Police officers in charge of stations, the Inspector in charge of Kowloon Disinfecting Station and the principal clerks in charge of Dispensaries on the appended list as assistant registrars.
Deaths registration, being a necessary preliminary to burial, is almost universal but there is considerable ignorance of the law among Chinese as regards registering of births. As a proof of this it may be pointed out that the records of registered midwives show a total of 7,815 births, whereas only 3,224 births were actually registered during the year. Female births in particular are frequently not registered. This is no doubt due to the presence of a large fluctuating population completely unae- customed to the system.
Appendix M shows the ratio of Certified and Uncertified
deaths.
DEATH REGISTRATION OFFICES.
Sanitary Department, Head Office.
Kowloon Disinfecting Station.
Shaukiwan Police Station.
Aberdeen Police Station.
No. 7 Police Station.
No. 2 Police Station.
Kowloon City Police Station. Sham Shui Po Police Station. Stanley Police Station, Yaumati Police Station.
BIRTH REGISTRATION OFFICES. Sanitary Department, Head Office. Yaumati Chinese Public Dispensary. Hunghom Chinese Public Dispensary. Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary. Kowloon City Chinese Public Dispensary. Eastern Chinese Public Dispensary. Western Chinese Public Dispensary. Central Chinese Public Dispensary, Shaukiwan Chinese Public Dispensary. Aberdeen Police Station. Stanley Police Station.
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