AnnualReport-1915

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INTERMENTS.

The following number of burials in the various cemeteries took place during the years 1914 and 1915:-

General Cemeteries.

1914 1915 Colonial, 77 55 Roman Catholic, 1,274 945 Mohammedan, 84 51 Parsee, 4 1 Japanese, 15 28 Jewish, 1 Malay, Total, 1,454 1,081

Chinese Cemeteries.

1914 1915 Mount Caroline, 563 480 Kai Lung Wan, 1,716 691 Tung Wa Hospital, 2,972 3,417 Protestant, 50 44 Eurasian, 6 3 Shakiwan, Aberdeen, 174 33 Stanley, 200 209 Shek O, 42 40 2 Ma Tau Wai, 36 ། Chinese Permanent Cemetery, Lama Island, ....... 4 Au Pui Lung, 2,017 1,572 Sai Yu Shek, 94 110 Sai Yu Shek, (Christian), 15 9 Kowloon Tong, 156 100 Chai Wan, 14 9 Cheung Leung Tin, 3 1 Tai Shek Ku, I Total, 8,060 6,738

There were also 41 cremations namely, 16 at the Sikh Temple and 25 at the Japanese Crematorium.

DISINFECTING STATION.

During the year the Disinfecting Stations in Victoria and Kowloon dealt with 23,627 articles of clothing, bedding, etc. (81,454 in 1914).

The disinfecting apparatus in Victoria was in use on 160 days and that in Kowloon on 135 days.

In addition 7,311 articles were washed and 4 public vehicles disinfected.