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The following Table shows the acreage of the City Health Districts with the houses and population in each such district as estimated for the year 1910 :--
Health Districts. Total Acreage. Built-Areas in Acres. Non-Chinese Dwellings. Chinese Dwellings. Non-Chinese Population. Chinese Population. Persons per Acre (built over). 1. 531 134 870 148 1,300 12,900 104 2. 243 140 1,031 50 850 20,660 166 3. 232 137 29 428 3,040 9,050 88 4. 163 53 1,069 163 1,276 23,900 475 5. 29 27 958 12 410 18,300 698 6. 30 27 931 17 376 16,160 615 7. 36 31 917 7 3.4 19,040 617 8. 49 47 1,001 5 234 18,430 399 9. 44 44 1,107 16 160 25,290 578 10. 252 106 851 54 356 14,570 141 Total 1910, 1,502 746 8,764 930 8,781 178,300 255 8,781 946 179,050 11,351 9,686 252The number of Chinese living at the Peak and Stonecutters' Island is estimated at 1,700.
The following Table shows the distribution of the Chinese population of Kowloon according to Houses and Floors in the different sub-districts into which Kowloon is divided:---
Kowloon sub-districts. One storey Dwellings. Two storey Dwellings. Three storey Dwellings. Four storey Dwellings. Chinese Population. 1. 184 20 1 2. 3 63 3 3. 307 2 389 91 4. 2 81 331 5. 162 13 10 6. 19 163 60 292 23 603 452 8. 932 208 9. 636 48 211 438 10 1,400 175 580 35 3 790 21 7 6 5 798 2,160 27 20,200 25.3 9.3 422 1,187 2.89 690 22.9 8.2 E 205 400 19 5,250 25 5 13.1 506 1,451 2.6 12,640 22.3 87 1,064 1,529 14 11,870 II 77 2,758 1,145 1,357 1.2 9,800 8.5 7.2 2,068 686 733 11 5,560 8.1 7.6 732 Total 1910, 2,224 1,421 800 1,089 212 5,272 9,837 1.8 80,200 15.1 8.2 6,838 1909,.. 2,213 2 1,420 200 1,096 919 5 5,231 9,754 18 74,600 15 1 8.2 6,795Sub-districts 7 (Kowloon City) and 8 (Sham Shui Po) are in New Kowloon, the remainder comprise the whole of Old Kowloon
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