Table XIX.
Monthly Return of Bodies of Chinese considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year 1916.
Victoria Districts.
Month. Victoria. Total. Harbour. Kowloon. New Territories. Hongkong outside Victoria. Grand Total. West. Central. East. Total. January, February, 6 4 7 17 1 14 6 4 23 33 March, 8 16 21 38 28 61 32 10 9 51 13 18 7 38 89 April, 34 12 9 55 15 32 7 54 109 May, 16 9 15 40 12 24 4 40 80 June, 15 12 6 33 8 23 9 40 73 July, 9 13 5 27 16 22 45 72 August, 8 6 7 21 19 16 12 47 68 September, 15 3 9 27 14 20 6 40 67 October, 17 4 4 25 6 25 7 1 39 64 November, 35 7 8 50 15 28 11 Ο 54 104 December, 75 56 21 152 19 48 7 74 226 Grand Total, 285 142 104 531 146 286 87 1 520 1,051 Total for 1915, 66 35 41 142 66 198 53 8 325 467 †* In 1916, of 1,051, 521 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries.
† In 1915, of 467, 132 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries.