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1,381 in 1909. There were 62 cases of abortion and 28 still-births but no cases of Puerperal Fever; 42 of the infants died during the year, and 164 were taken back to China, or lost sight of owing to removals; the remainder of the infants are well.
INTERMENTS.
The following number of interments in the various cemeteries of the Colony have been recorded during the year and in 1909-
General Cemeteries.
1910 1909 Colonial, 111 132 Roman Catholic, 1,004 805 Mahommedan, 36 45 Jewish, 3 5 Parsee, 1 2 1,155 989Chinese Cemeteries.
1910 1909 Mount Caroline, 82 610 Kai Lung Wan, 800 214 Tung Wa Hospital, 3,557 3,591 Protestant, 30 24 Eurasian, 3 1 Shaukiwan, 312 290 Aberdeen, 153 178 Stanley, Shek 0, 24 24 1 1 Ma Tau Wai, 1,092 1,106 Shai Yü Shek, 131 197 Sham Shui Po. 3 131 Christian, Kowloon City, 17 16 Chung Leung Tin, 8 2 6,213 6,385There were in addition eight cremations of bodies during the year. No less than 925 of the interments in the Roman Catholic Cemetery are the bodies of Chinese infants that have been baptized at the convents and die there shortly after admission.
DISINFECTING STATIONS.
During the year the Disinfecting Stations (in Victoria and in Kowloon) dealt with 17,380 articles of clothing, bedding, etc.
The disinfecting apparatus in Victoria was in use on 270 days, and in addition 6,692 articles were washed, 4 public vehicles were disinfected and 550 articles were fumigated. The disinfecting apparatus in Kowloon was in use on 50 days.