226
- K 16
In addition to the above there were eighty persistent and confirmed beggars banished from Hong Kong for a period of ten years during 1933.
Of the total sent away twenty-three mendicants were traced as having been sent away more than once.
DEAD BODIES.
28. The following table shows the number of unknown dead bodies found by Police in the streets and elsewhere during the last five years :
Locality.
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
Victoria,
706
418
366
382
357
Kowloon,
1,072
669
738
884
881
Harbour,
164
126
115
79
47
Elsewhere,
91
103
76
82
62
Total,..
2,033
1,316
1,295
1,427
1,347
Sex.
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
Male
149
86
107
40
Adults
Female...
33
22
17
13
10
199
15
Unknown
6
1
Male
1,015
643
664
713
722
Children... Female ...
807
533
489
614
558
Unknown
Total,........
29
32
18
41
41
2,033
1,316
1,295
1.427
1,347
DOGS ORDINANCE.
29. On account of the prevalence of rabies, the muzzling order was brought into force with effect from the 24th April, 1933, and continued in force throughout the year.
Five hundred and eighty-seven dogs were destroyed in 1933 as compared with two hundred and thirty-four in 1932.
1932
1933
Dogs Licensed
2,964
3,753
Dogs Licensed (free)
35
33
Dogs Impounded
30
153
Dogs Destroyed
234
587